>> Texas Representative Joaquin Castro was part of the Hispanic Caucus delegation that
is visiting migrant detention centers throughout the country.
And after visiting the El Paso, Texas detention center, it was noted that he actually smuggled
his phone inside.
Now remember, they're not allowing members of Congress to show up with any type of filming
equipment.
But he managed to get his phone inside and he took video of what he saw.
Now, we're gonna toss to the video, but remember, they did try to clean things up before members
of Congress showed up and even with that in mind, here's what the scene looked like.
>> Yeah, okay.
>> We understand >> Yes.
>> She doesn't have medicine.
>> She does check or maybe one second.
She got a caught this morning at.
>> They said that they changed her medicine.
>> So I'll see your medicine, you're not gonna break her patient confidentiality but the
upkeep medicine the for >> You know what-
>> Sir, there's a woman her that the doctor told us
>> So we'll make sure we keep her cares on record and when she gets to her next stop,
wherever that is, whether it's in our custody or out, those records go with her.
>> So you can see Iona Presley in that video as well.
She is joining along with the group of congress people to see what's really going on in these
detention centers.
And if you couldn't hear the audio clearly in that video, there's a discussion going
on about how some of these migrant women who are in that crowded space don't have access
to the medication they need.
And Castro shared more details in a Twitter thread, saying here's what we found at the
El Paso Border Patrol Station.
Number one women from Cuba, some grandmothers crammed into a prison-like cell with one toilet,
but no running water to drink from or wash their hands with.
Concrete floors, cinder-block walls, steel toilets, he also says, many said they had
not bathed for 15 days.
Some had been separated from children, some had been held for more than 50 days.
Several complained that they had not received their medications, including one for epilepsy.
Members of Congress comforted them when the women broke down.
>> So I just wanna avoid confusion, Joaquin Castro is obviously a member of Congress,
his brother Julian Castro is running for president.
And he, Joaquin is actually also, the campaign manager for his brother and so he runs for
president, so he's got two jobs here in the sense.
And I think the most interesting part of the story is the fact that, United States Congress
people have to sneak in cameras to these facility.
>> Exactly.
>> They are supposed to be our representatives, that is why it's called the House of Representatives.
Now, I didn't, those border patrol folks, I didn't hire them.
And I get it that there's a process, we elected officials, the elected officials then set
up an executive branch, etc.
But people that we elected should have a lot more authority, not less authority.
And a lot of these detention facilities are private, so wait a minute, nobody even, they're
not even government officials.
So private corporations, in some instances, are saying, no I will tell the people's representatives
what they are allowed and not allowed to do, and they'll like it.
No they won't like it and I'm glad he secretly recorded it, I hope they all do.
And the reason they don't want them recording it is, because people have a different point
of view when they read a story, and another one when they see with their own eyes.
So if you had read that a guy washed up ashore trying to cross the border, with his 23 month
old baby.
You might be touched by that, you might be moved by that, you see the pictures, it's
a whole different story.
And that is why when for example when we're doing the Iraq War, the Bush administration
was desperate to not have the media show any of the caskets coming home.
Let alone the bodies, let alone the dead, right?
But not even the caskets cuz then people might turn against the war.
Because that's the reality, that was our boys coming home in caskets.
>> In fact, what was the one thing that our government was enraged with Chelsea Manning
about?
It was that video, right, of the- >> The Apache helicopter, that's right?
>> Exactly, so it's one thing to read a lengthy, dense article about what happened in that
situation.
It's a completely different thing to watch the video and to see how our military actually
did a strike against reporters, I'm sorry, first responders and the like.
>> Both, both, you see the reporters and it's fairly clear that they're reporters.
And if you read that, you might think, fog of war, you can't quite tell.
But when the first responders come in after the first strike against the reporters, they're
clearly, clearly false responders trying to help the wounded and the dead, and we hit
them with a bomb and kill them.
So when you see with your eyes, it's much worse, that's why the government's like lock
up Chelsea Manning.
Lock up Snow, lock up Asuns, lock up anyone who actually, for your information, we got
most of the media under control, they're on a leash.
But these guys are, we can't control them so we're gonna imprison them.
There is the media who are cowards for not sticking up for those folks, okay?
So now in this case, it's incumbent upon congressmen, cuz they won't let the media in.
God forbid the American people should find out the horrors that our government is committing.
I'm sure that the Germans back in the 1930s wouldn't have let you into their camps either,
wouldn't have let the media in there, and maybe people from other parties.
And they would have said it is important for the security of the state but it wouldn't
be imperative to get video out of there, wouldn't there.
Now back then it would have been pictures, it would have been imperative and look I'm
not above it.
Even though I've read a thousand articles about this, when I saw the video I was more
affected.
I mean, there they are, they look like your aunt, maybe a lot right wingers don't think
that.
Their like, they look different than me, I can't relate.
To me, they look human, that looks like they could be my mom, they could be my aunt.
And they're all lying there on concrete, there's no facilities.
I mean at a bare minimum, let alone a lump on the back, let alone the missing medication
on the epilepsy, etc.
Look at how we're treating them, just putting them in this tiny little area and making them
all lie on the concrete, treating them so inhumanely like this.
And then when you hear about the kids who have the outbreak of disease that was created
inside the facilities.
So it's because it's so unsanitary, that's why the flu began, and that's why some of
them have died.
And you see the video and you connect the two, you go, now I get exactly how that could
happen.
And how everyone in the building knows how bad it is but none of them are doing anything
about it.
>> Right.
>> And as always, the fish rots from the head down, and that's Donald Trump, who probably
looks at that video.
And might celebrate cuz he wanted to be bitches to them so I guess mission accomplished.
>> Exactly and I actually wanna clarify something or correct something that I said yesterday.
Because I've mentioned how look, Trump is pushing for this friendly relationship with
Kim Jong Un because he hasn't really delivered much to his face.
I mean the only thing he's really accomplished is tax cost for the wealthy most of his base
doesn't consist of wealthy people, right?
And then someone called me out and said, no, no, no, his viciousness toward these migrants
is something he is delivering to his base.
And that person was absolutely right, so if you're watching this right now, thank you
for pointing that out.
This is something that appeals to, unfortunately, a significant portion of the country.
And this is the reason why it's important to take a step back and take a good look at
ourselves.
Because while we talk about how great we are, and how we should do these interventionist
wars to spread democracy, in reality we don't care about the lives of other people.
We barely even care about the lives of people living in our own country.
>> So look, this is the only place in media you'll hear this, so Republicans support Donald
Trump to the tune of 90% of the Republican voters.
So when they see that video, they see something that they like, so it's not like these conditions
are new.
They've heard about them 1,000 times and they've never abandon Trump over it.
It's not the bug, it's a feature, so I know the rest of the media is scared to call it
what it is.
But the Republican voters are the monsters we live on different planets and they act
to people like Joe Biden keep asking me to get along with them.
Sorry, I'm not going to, I'm going to fight them.
>> Yes.
>> And we're going to win because more people are decent, and look at that video and are
horrified than there are people that are indecent.
But the indecent is a significant minority of this country, somewhere between 25 to 40%
of this country are the bad guys.
No other media weill tell you that, they're so scared of Republicans, if you look at that
video you think, got them, right?
You're a bad person, you're the bad guy in the movie.
You're the one we have to overcome, so that the force of goodness can actually win.
So Jesus didn't come in and go, the poor, the needy, let's lock them up, let's make
them sleep on the concrete floors, no he said you help the poor and the needy.
So if you think you're being a good Christian by being mean to those people, by being vicious
to those people, you're 100% wrong.
You're the worst kind of Christian, the worst kind of American and the worst kind of person,
am I clear enough?