OREGON
OREGON SEN. JEFF MERKLEY DECIDED EARLIER
THIS YEAR NOT TO RUN FOR
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. WHILE HE ISN'T ON THE DEBATE
STAGE IT HASN'T KEPT HIM OFF
THE NATIONAL STAGE.
HE HAS MADE SEVERAL HIGH-
PROFILE TRIPS TO THE SOUTHERN
BORDER AND CALLED FOR CHANGES
TO IMMIGRATION POLICY, GUN
CONTROL AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG
PRICING.
PRICING.
PRICING. HE JOINS US TODAY TO TALK ABOUT
HIS WORK IN THE SENATE AND SOME
OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES FACING
OREGON AND THE COUNTRY.
THIS IS STRAIGHT TALK FROM KGW
NEWS, WITH LAURAL PORTER.
>>> WELCOME TO STRAIGHT TALK
WITH LAURAL PORTER.
FOLLOWING THIS WEEKENDS A
SHOOTING IN EL PASO TEXAS AND
DAYTON OHIO , PHONES HAVE BEEN
RINGING OFF THE HOOK AT THE
SENATORS OFFICE.
SENATORS OFFICE. PEOPLE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE
SENATOR IS DOING PERSONALLY TO
STOP THE GUN VIOLENCE.
AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT HE
IS DOING TO GET THE SENATE BACK
IN SESSION TO TAKE A
LEGISLATION THAT MIGHT MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
DIFFERENCE. SEN.
SEN.
SEN. JEFF
SEN. JEFF MERKLEY IS HERE TO TALK
ABOUT THAT.
ABOUT THAT. ALSO IMMIGRATION OF THE BORDER.
PLUS THE PLAN HE HOUSE TO TO
STOP PRICE GOUGING ON
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE YOUR .
>> PLEASURE TO BE HERE.
THIS IS BEEN A GRIM AND SOMBER
WEEK, LET'S START WITH MASS
SHOOTINGS . FIRST A 21-YEAR-OLD
MAN SHOT AND KILLED 22 PEOPLE
IN EL PASO TEXAS.
MORE THAN TWO DOZEN PEOPLE
INJURED, MANY STILL HOSPITALIZE
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. THE SHOOTER HAS BEEN BOOKED ON
CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES.
THEN 13 HOURS LATER, AT 24 HOUR
24-YEAR-OLD GUNMAN KILLED NINE
PEOPLE IN DAYTON 31 PEOPLE
KILLED IN TOTAL, DOZENS INJURED
, TO MASS SHOOTINGS INTO
AMERICAN CITIES WITHIN HOURS OF
EACH OTHER, WHAT WAS YOUR
REACTION WHEN YOU HEARD ABOUT
THESE TWO SHOOTINGS ?
>> IT IS STUNNING, THE SCALE,
THE SCOPE, THE EXPRESSION,
HATRED, ANGER THROUGH VIOLENCE.
THIS, IN MY OPINION, HAS BEEN
ACCENTUATED BY THE MESSAGE FROM
THE TOP FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WHO HAS EMBRACED DIVISIVE
LANGUAGE TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS,
DIVISIVE LANGUAGE REGARDING
ETHICS GROUPS.
ETHICS GROUPS. KIND OF GIVEN VOICE TO
ACCENTUATING DIVISIONS IN
AMERICA.
AMERICA.
AMERICA. WHILE THE INDIVIDUALS MAY HAVE
BEEN INFLUENCE ON BY MANY
FACTORS, WE SEE A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN HATE CRIMES AND
SHOOTINGS AND IT IS STUNNING TO
ALL AMERICANS.
ALL AMERICANS. CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A VISION OF
ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE WHERE WE WORK
TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY
MORE BEAUTIFUL AND SUCCESSFUL
PLACE.
PLACE.
PLACE. >>
PLACE. >> WERE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT PRESIDENT DONALD
J. TRUMP'S COMMENTS IN A
MOMENT.
MOMENT.
MOMENT. I
MOMENT. I KNOW PEOPLE ARE REALLY UPSET
ABOUT THIS THEY ARE CALLING
YOUR OFFICE.
YOUR OFFICE. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
DOING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO
TRY TO STOP THE GUN VIOLENCE ?
>> I COMPLETELY AGREE, WE
SHOULD BE IN DC RIGHT NOW,
CONSIDERING LEGISLATION ON THE
FLOOR, OPEN TO ANY RELATED
AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT. THIS TYPE OF NATIONAL ISSUE,
DEMANDS THAT IN A REPUBLIC, THE
CONGRESS COMES TOGETHER AND
CONSIDERS, ANSWERS, DEBATES,
VOTES ON THEM, TELLS PEOPLE
WHERE THEY STAND.
THIS IS WHERE WE SHOULD BE
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. YOU COULD BE COVERING WHAT
CONGRESS IS DOING, INSTEAD
THERE IS NO COVERAGE WHAT
CONGRESS IS DOING BECAUSE
CONGRESS ISN'T THERE.
WITHIN THE CONVERSATION, THERE
IS MANY PIECES OF LEGISLATION
WE HAVE CONSIDERED BEFORE WHICH
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AGAIN . A
VERY THOROUGH NATIONAL
BACKGROUND SYSTEM .
>> WHICH THE HOUSE PASSED SIX
MONTHS AGO AND WAITING FOR THE
SENATE TO TAKE ACTION . A LOT
OF PEOPLE ONE MITCH McCONNELL
TO CANCEL AUGUST RECESS.
THE PRESIDENT HAS COME OUT THIS
WEEK AND SAY HE SUPPORTS
EXPANDED BACKGROUND CHECKS,
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES YOU WILL
GO BACK ?
GO BACK ?
GO BACK ? >> VERY LOW.
MITCH McCONNELL HAS THE POWER
TO CALL SN OR NOT COLLISON, HIS
STRATEGY HAS ALWAYS BEEN, WHEN
THERE IS NATIONAL ANGER OVER
GUN VIOLENCE, TO STALL.
LET THAT ANGER DISSIPATE.
HE LIKES THE FACT THAT WE ARE
OUT OF SESSION RIGHT NOW . THAT
IS THE LAST THING IN THE WORLD
. I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF I GET A
CALL TONIGHT TO SAY COME BACK
TOMORROW, I'D BE THRILLED THAT
WE ARE COMING TOGETHER TO
ADDRESS THESE ISSUES BUT I
WOULD ALSO BE STUNNED BECAUSE I
THINK MITCH McCONNELL STRATEGY
IS TO AVOID ACCOUNTABILITY,
AVOID VOTES VOTES, THE WHOLE
ROLE OF CONGRESS IS BEING
UNDERMINED . IF WE'RE NOT THERE
TO ADDRESS ISSUES IN AMERICA,
WHY DOES CONGRESSES GRACE?
WHEN WE GET TO THAT DEBATE,
THERE ARE MANY THINGS,
BACKGROUND CHECKS IS ONE, STRAW
PURCHASERS WHO CIRCUMVENT AND
BUY GUNS AND RESELL THEM .
THIRD IS THE ISSUE OF SEMI
AUTOMATIC ASSAULT STYLE WEAPONS
.
.
. >>
. >> I
. >> I WANT TO JUMP IN HERE, AS
YOU CONTINUE TO TELL US ABOUT
THESE BILLS, WE DO HAVE A LIST
OF A LOT OF BILLS THAT YOU HAVE
COSPONSORED . AS YOU CONTINUE
TO TELL US ABOUT THIS, WE WILL
TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THESE
THAT HAVE BEEN COSPONSORED BUT
HAVE YET TO MAKE IT TO THE
SENATE'S FLOOR.
SENATE'S FLOOR. GO AHEAD AND TELL US ABOUT SOME
OF THESE BILLS .
>> WE HAVE THIS SET, THE RED
FLAG DISCUSSION WHICH OREGON HAS
>> AND WASHINGTON .
>> A NUMBER OF STATES HAVE
PICKED THAT APPEARED I THINK
CONNECTICUT MIGHT'VE BEEN THE
FIRST.
FIRST.
FIRST. BUT YOU CAN'T, IT IS ONE THING
TO COSPONSOR A BILL, BUT IF
YOU'RE UNABLE TO INTRODUCE
BILLS ON THE FLOOR AND UNABLE
TO INTRODUCE THEM AS AMENDMENTS,
THEN WE ARE NOT DOING OUR JOB.
THAT IS WHERE WE ARE UNDER
MITCH McCONNELL'S LEADERSHIP.
IT IS ABOUT DOING EVERYTHING
POSSIBLE TO PUT MORE AND MORE
RIGHT WING JUDGES AND THE COURTS
AND AVOID FLOOR DEBATE, NOT
ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN THROUGH
AMENDMENTS OR BILLS ON NATIONAL
ISSUES.
ISSUES.
ISSUES. NOT ON HOUSING, HEALTHCARE,
EDUCATION, LIVING WAGE JOBS,
EQUALITY ACT, CARBON POLLUTION
AND THIS ISSUE OF NATIONAL GUN
VIOLENCE .
VIOLENCE . >> YOU MENTIONED THE ASSAULT
RIFLE EARLIER.
RIFLE EARLIER. YOU SAID YOU WANT TO GET WHAT
YOU CALL WEAPONS OF WAR OFF THE
STREET.
STREET.
STREET. PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP SAID
HE DOESN'T SEE POLITICAL
APPETITE FOR RESTRICTING
ASSAULT RIFLES.
ASSAULT RIFLES. WE HAD A POLL THAT SAYS A
MAJORITY OF REGISTERED VOTERS,
INCLUDING A MAJORITY OF
REPUBLICAN VOTERS SUPPORT A BAN
ON ASSAULT WEAPONS.
64% OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN SAY
WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET
OUT ON THE FLOOR?
>> WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS
REFERRING TO, NRA STILL HAS
SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE, THEY PUT
A LOT OF MONEY INTO CAMPAIGNS.
A LOT OF ADVERTISING.
HE SAYS NO SNOW POLITICAL
APPETITE HE SAYS I WILL NOT
EXERCISE LEADERSHIP BECAUSE
THERE IS A POWERFUL GROUP THAT
DONATES TO MY CANDIDATES AND SO
I AM NOT GOING TO EXERCISE
LEADERSHIP.
LEADERSHIP. THAT IS THE DISTURBING FEATURE
OF AMERICAN POLITICAL LIFE AND
THE ROLE OF MONEY IN CAMPAIGNS
.
.
. >>
. >> THE
. >> THE NRA DOES HAVE A LOT OF
CLOUT, A LOT OF MEMBERS, SOME
PEOPLE WHO MAY BE LISTENING
RIGHT NOW, FEEL LIKE ANY KIND
OF GUN LEGISLATION IS A THREAT
TO THEIR IDENTITY, THEIR
VALUES, THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS AND THEY PUT A LOT OF
MONEY INTO THE NRA, THEY CAN
TARGET A CANDIDATE WHO DOESN'T
GET THE ENDORSEMENT AND TARGET
THEM FOR DEFEAT.
IS THE GUN CONTROL MOVEMENT, IS
THAT GAINING MOMENTUM,
SUFFICIENT MOMENTUM AND FUNDING
TO TRY TO COUNTER THAT CLOUT IN
CONGRESS?
CONGRESS?
CONGRESS? >> THERE IS A STRONG
COUNTERWEIGHT TO IT, MOM'S
DEMAND ACTION WHO ARE PRIMARILY
MOMS DEMANDING ACTION.
APPROPRIATELY NAMED, THEY HAVE
A RESPONSIBILITY TAKE UP THESE
ISSUES.
ISSUES.
ISSUES. IN MY RURAL TOWN HALLS AS PEOPLE
, HAVE THE AUDIENCE VOTE ON
DIFFERENT GUN LEGISLATION,
UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS
LIKE WE HAVE IN OREGON,
OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED BY
RURAL AMERICA.
RURAL AMERICA. OR AT LEAST RURAL OREGON.
I THINK THERE IS FAR MORE
SUPPORT, IN TERMS OF THE
CITIZENRY THAN THERE IS IN
CONGRESS AND THAT IS BECAUSE
INTERVENING FACTOR OF A
POWERFUL LOBBY .
>> I WANT TO DIG INTO PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S COMMENTS THIS WEEK,
SHOOTINGS ESCALATED THE DEBATE
OVER HIS DIVISIVE LANGUAGE
AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOR,
ESPECIALLY IMMIGRANTS WHO HE IS
COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS AN
INVASION.
INVASION.
INVASION. ON MONDAY MORNING, RIGHT AFTER
THE SHOOTINGS, HE CONDEMNED
RACISM, BIGOTRY AND WHITE
SUPREMACY, LET'S LISTEN .
>> THESE BARBARIC SLAUGHTERS
ARE AN ASSAULT UPON OUR
COMMUNITIES AND ATTACK ON OUR
NATION AND A CRIME AGAINST ALL
OF HUMANITY.
OF HUMANITY. WE ARE OUTRAGED AND SICKENED BY
THIS MONSTROUS EVIL.
THE CRUELTY, THE HATRED, THE
MALICE, THE BLOODSHED, AND THE
TERROR.
TERROR.
TERROR. >> MANY THE DEMOCRATS RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT SAID HIS COMMENTS
DIDN'T MEAN A LOT.
THEY LOOK MORE AT HIS PAST
RHETORIC THAT HAVE INFLAMED
TENSIONS.
TENSIONS.
TENSIONS. HIS ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS
IT IS NOT FAIR TO BLAME THE
PRESIDENT, IT IS THE SHOOTERS
THEMSELVES WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
BACK THE PRESIDENT HAS CREATED
A CULTURE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR
INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE RACIST
FEELINGS TO BE FAR MORE OPEN
ABOUT THEM.
ABOUT THEM. THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF, WE HAVE
HAD MANY PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE
RACIST FEELINGS AND WE HAVE
SEEN SECRET RECORDINGS OVER
TIME, BUT IN THIS CASE WE HAVE
A PRESIDENT WHO IS WEARING IT
ON HIS SLEEVE BY CONTINUOUS
ATTACK AGAINST MINORITIES AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
VERY EXPLICIT TERMS.
USING TERMS LIKE INFESTATION
AND ANIMALS.
AND ANIMALS. SO ON AND SO FORTH.
IT IS HORRIFIC TO HAVE THIS FORM
OF LEADERSHIP PUTTING SALT IN
THE WOUNDS OF DIVISIONS IN
AMERICA RATHER THAN BRINGING
PEOPLE TOGETHER.
PEOPLE TOGETHER. YOU CAN WATCH TRUMP HE IS
STARING STRAIGHT AHEAD, WE KNOW
WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE WHEN HE IS
OUTRAGED BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN
HIM GIVE SPEECHES WHEN HE IS
OUTRAGED.
OUTRAGED.
OUTRAGED. HE IS JUST VERY CALMLY READING
WORDS HE HAD PUT IN FRONT OF
HIM BY HIS THAT BECAUSE MAYBE
HE IS SUPPOSED TO DO THAT RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. HIS
NOW. HIS WORDS HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO
CALL HIM OUT AND SAY HE IS WRONG
, THAT WE STAND TOGETHER AND
EMBRACE THE DIVERSITY OF
AMERICA.
AMERICA.
AMERICA. IF HE ATTACKS MUSLIMS, WE NEED
TO STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER
WITH OUR MUSLIM RESIDENTS AND
IF HE ATTACKS AFRICAN-AMERICANS
AND HISPANIC AMERICANS AND
HAITIAN AMERICANS, WOMEN THE
SAME.
SAME.
SAME. WE
SAME. WE NEED TO STAND TOGETHER
AGAINST THE DIVISION, THE
RHETORIC AND THE BIGOTRY COMING
FROM THE OVAL OFFICE.
>> I WANT TO SHIFT ATTENTION
NOW TO YOUR VISIT TO THE BORDER
AND IMMIGRATION SITUATION,
SINCE YOUR VISIT TO THE BORDER,
13 MONTHS AGO.
YOU SHINE THE LIGHT ON
SEPARATION OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES, YOU HAVE VISITED NINE
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. THE MOST RECENT TIME WAS MID TO
MID JULY WITH THE DEMOCRATIC
SENATORS WHY DO YOU KEEP GOING
BACK TO THE BORDER?
WHY SO MANY VISITS?
BACK MANY DIFFERENT FEATURES IN
THE BORDER, THE BORDER PATROL
STATIONS, INVESTIGATION OF
WHITE CHILDREN DIED WHEN THEY
WERE PICKED UP AND DIDN'T GET
HEALTHCARE.
HEALTHCARE. INTERNMENT CAMPS THAT ARE
OPERATING IN TEXAS AND
PENNSYLVANIA.
PENNSYLVANIA. CHILD PRISONS HOMESTEAD WHICH
JUST SHUT DOWN OF COUPLE DAYS
AGO.
AGO.
AGO. PLUS
AGO. PLUS GOING ACROSS THE BORDER,
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR THE
MEXICAN SIDE WITH FOLKS WHO
HAVE COME TO THE BORDER AND
HAVE ASKED FOR REFUGEE STATUS
AND HAVE BEEN SENT BACK INTO
MEXICO, ESPECIALLY THE YOUTH.
I VISITED A NUMBER OF SHELTERS
IN TIJUANA, THERE ARE A LOT OF
TERRIFIED PEOPLE.
TERRIFIED PEOPLE. THEY ARE WITH FAMILY OR
FRIENDS, TRYING TO SURVIVE
UNTIL THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO
PRESENT THEIR CASE AS A REFUGEE.
THIS IS TOTALLY INCOMPATIBLE
WITH THE 1952 REFUGEE
CONVENTION.
CONVENTION. WE ARE LEAVING KIDS STRANDED IN
VERY DANGEROUS SETTINGS.
MANY PEOPLE, IT WAS A VERY
SHAMEFUL MOMENT FOR US IN WORLD
WAR II WHEN WE TURNED BACK THE
ST. LOUIS, A SHIP THAT CARRIED
900 REFUGEES FROM GERMANY.
THEY WERE EVENTUALLY SENT BACK
TO GERMANY AND MANY OF THEM
DIED IN THE HOLOCAUST.
WE SAID WE WILL NEVER DO THAT
AGAIN, THAT IS PART WITH THE
REFUGEE CONVENTION IS ALL
ABOUT.
ABOUT.
ABOUT. YET WE ARE DOING IT ON THE
BORDER RIGHT NOW.
>>> I WANT TO FILL YOU IN WITH
PEOPLE ON THE HOMESTEAD, YOU
BROUGHT TO ATTENTION TO THE FOR
PROFIT HOUSING CHILDREN OF
MIGRANT FAMILIES ACROSS THE
BORDER ILLEGALLY.
BORDER ILLEGALLY. YOU TOLD CHUCK TODD ABOUT
EMERGENCY AID, IT DIDN'T GO FAR
ENOUGH, HERE IS A CLIP FROM
THAT MEET THE PRESS .
>> IT DID NOTHING TO CHANGE THE
FOR-PROFIT SYSTEM OF HOMESTEAD,
3200 CHILDREN, CAPACITY, THE
LARGEST CHILD PRISON IN
AMERICAN HISTORY HAS BEEN
ESTABLISHED, THE COMPANIES A
PAID $750 A DAY TO LOCK UP
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. NO INCENTIVE TO GET THEM INTO
HOMES.
HOMES.
HOMES. THIS PROCESS OF BRUTALIZATION
OF REFUGEES AND PARTICULARLY
CHILDREN AS PART OF A
PHILOSOPHY OF SAME, IF WE TREAT
THEM LIKE THIS, WE WILL
DISCOURAGE THEM FROM COMING.
THERE IS JUST NO ETHICAL
FRAMEWORK OR TRADITION TO ALLOW
YOU TO MISTREAT CHILDREN IN
THIS FASHION .
>> YOU MENTIONED, THE
ADMINISTRATION SINCE THIS WEEK
HAS JUST SHUT DOWN HOMESTEAD AT
LEAST MOVE THE UNACCOMPANIED
CHILDREN . IS THAT ENCOURAGING
TO YOU?
TO YOU?
TO YOU? WHERE DID THE KIDS GO?
BACK IT IS A VICTORY.
THERE HAS BEEN A FEW ON THE
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. ONE
WAY. ONE WAS TO SHUT DOWN MOST OF
THE CHILD SEPARATION BUT NOT
ALL OF IT.
IT CONTINUES AN ESTIMATED
THOUSAND CHILDREN HAVE BEEN
SEPARATED FROM THEIR CHILDREN
AFTER THE LAST YEAR AFTER THE
COURT SAID THAT TO DO APPEARED
THE SECOND VICTORY WAS GOING
LAST DECEMBER, TO THE DESERT
WHICH WAS A CHILD PRISON THAT
WAS RUN BY A NONPROFIT, THE
LEADER HELPED TO SHUT IT DOWN
BECAUSE HE LOBBIED FROM THE
INSIDE, WHAT THEY WERE DOING
WAS NOT WHAT HE WANTED TO
CONTINUE TO DO.
THAT LEFT HOMESTEAD AS THIS
UNLICENSED FACILITY THAT IS NOT
ACCOUNTABLE FOR EDUCATION,
HYGIENE OR HEALTHCARE OR FOR
ANYTHING OPERATING FOR PROFIT.
$750 A DAY, THAT IS A LOT OF
MONEY TO HOLD CHILDREN, THEY
HAD EVERY REASON TO KEEP THOSE
CHILDREN LOCKED UP . RATHER
THAN DOING WHAT THE LAW
REQUIRED WHICH WAS TO
FACILITATE THEIR MOVEMENT INTO
A LEAST RESTRICTIVE SETTING,
STATE LICENSE CARE FACILITY OR
SPONSORED HOME .
>> WE HAVE A FACILITY HERE IN
OREGON THAT YOU HAVE VISITED
THAT HAS PLENTY OF BEDS AND
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. IS THAT BEING USED ?
>> MORRISON CENTER,
ADMINISTRATION WANTED TO KEEP
KIDS LOCKED UP. MANY OF US HAVE
BEEN TRYING TO PUT A BIG BRIGHT
SPOTLIGHT ON THIS VERY CORRUPT
FOR-PROFIT CHILD PRISON SYSTEM.
AND I THINK THE SPOTLIGHT HAS
HELPED.
HELPED.
HELPED. THE ADMINISTRATION FELT IT WAS
TIME TO END THAT AND NOW OUR
GOAL IS TO KEEP IT FROM
REOCCURRING.
REOCCURRING. IT IS ALSO, REFLECT SOME DEEP
CORRUPTION.
CORRUPTION. JOHN KELLY, WHO WAS FIRST
PRESIDENT DEPARTMENT OF HOME
SECURITY, SECRETARY AND THEN
HIS CHIEF OF STAFF WAS ON THE
FOR-PROFIT BOARD WHEN, BEFORE
HE CAME INTO THE ADMINISTRATION
. WITHIN WEEKS, HE ADVOCATED
FOR CHILD SEPARATION WHICH PUT
MORE CHILDREN IN THAT PRISON .
AFTER HE LEFT THE
ADMINISTRATION HE WAS GIVEN A
PAID BOARD POSITION AND THEY
BRAGGED ABOUT HOW THESE
POLICIES OF THE PRESIDENT WOULD
EXPAND THE PROFITS OF THE
CORPORATION.
CORPORATION. IT IS DISTURBING FROM MANY
ANGLES.
ANGLES.
ANGLES. I
ANGLES. I DON'T WANT THEM TO REOPEN IT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHER
PLACES WHERE CHILDREN ARE
DETAINED BUT COULD BE MOVED
INTO SPONSORED HOME THEY GET
MOVED TO THERE.
THAT IS WHERE CHILDREN BELONG
WHILE THERE WAITING FOR ASYLUM
OR ADJUDICATION.
OR ADJUDICATION. HOMES, SCHOOLS, PLAYGROUNDS,
NOT PRISONS AND NOT EVEN
DETENTION CENTERS.
DETENTION CENTERS. >> IT IS ALMOST TIME TO TAKE A
BREAK.
BREAK.
BREAK. THERE IS A HUGE BACKLOG OF
IMMIGRATION COURTS THAT SOME OF
THESE CASES, FOR ASYLUM, COULD
TAKE YEARS.
TAKE YEARS. WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THOSE
PEOPLE HERE AND KIDS, THEY END
UP GROWING UP IN THIS COUNTRY ?
>> THE ADMINISTRATION HAS SOME
VERY, A AMALGAM OF POLICIES,
RECENTLY THEY HAVE BEEN DOING
IT FIRST IN, FIRST OUT.
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING WILL
WAIT EVEN LONGER, SOMETIMES
EVEN FOUR OR FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
THEY'RE TRYING TO HOLD ASYLUM
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ARRIVED MORE
RECENTLY ON A PROMPT BASIS.
THERE IS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT TO
HAVE THE NUMBER OF JUDGES AND
ADVOCATES NEEDED FOR THESE
CHILDREN TO GET A FAIR ASYLUM
HEARING.
HEARING.
HEARING. SO THERE IS NO REASON THAT THEY
SHOULD BE DOING THIS FOR YEARS.
>>> WE NEED TO TAKE A BREAK,
WHEN WE COME BACK, WHAT