PHOTOS HAVE NOW BEEN RELEASED SHOWING SOME OF THE HORRIFIC
CONDITIONS INSIDE CERTAIN ARIZONA AREA BORDER ATTENTION
CENTERS, WE WILL HAVE SOME DETAILS BUT FIRST WE WANT TO
SHOW YOU SOME OF THE PHOTOS, HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
TELL WHAT IS GOING ON.
YOU SEE THERE, PEOPLE SITTING ON
BENCHES, ON CONCRETE, LAYING DOWN WRAPPED IN MYLAR SHEETS,
THINGS LIKE THAT.
THAT LOOKS LIKE A MORGUE BUT IT IS ACTUALLY
PEOPLE SLEEPING SO TIGHTLY PACKED TOGETHER THAT THEY CAN'T
MOVE WRAPPED IN THOSE SHEETS, BECAUSE IT GETS EXTREMELY COLD
AND THOSE PLASTIC SHEETS ARE IN SOME CASES THE ONLY PROTECTION
FROM THE ELEMENTS THEY HAVE.
YOU SEE IT THERE TOO, LAYING OUT ON
BENCHES, ON THE FLOOR.
IT LOOKS LIKE IN THAT EPISODE OF BETTER CALL SAUL, IF YOU GUYS
WATCH THAT, THE BROTHER WRAPS HIMSELF IN THAT.
THE CONSPIRACY
THEORISTS OF THE WORLD WILL BE LIKE, WE KNEW IT, THERE ARE THE
FEMA CAMPS.
IT LOOKS LIKE FOOTAGE FROM IRAQ, LIKE CORPSES ARE
BEING HELD IN A PRISON OR SOMETHING.
THE REALITY OF COURSE IS NOT THE INSANE CONSPIRACY THEORY,
THEY WILL ROUND US ALL UP -- NO, WE'VE BEEN ROUNDING UP THE
IMMIGRANTS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
AND JUST BECAUSE YOU
DIDN'T SEE WHERE WE PUT THEM DOESN'T MEAN IT DOESN'T EXIST.
AND THAT'S WHY THE BORDER PATROL WAS SO INSISTENT ON FIGHTING TO
MAKE SURE THAT THESE PICTURES NEVER GOT SEEN.
LOOK, IF
SOMEBODY FIGHTS TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T SEE SOMETHING, THAT'S
INTERESTING.
THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THERE.
IF IT'S YOUR
PRIVATE STUFF, THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS, BUT THE GOVERNMENT
WORKS FOR US, WE PAY THEIR WAGES AND THEY REPRESENT US.
SO THEY
DON'T GET TO SAY YOU DON'T GET TO SEE WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE
WITH YOUR MONEY AND IN YOUR NAME.
OF COURSE WE GET TO SEE
IT, THAT'S WHY WE FINALLY GOT TO SEE THE PICTURES AND IT DOESN'T
LOOK PRETTY.
WE HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO JUDGE DAVID C. BURRY, HE ALLOWED
VIDEO SURVEILLANCE TO BE RELEASED, AND SOME OF THE LEGAL
AND CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS WENT THROUGH THOSE THOUSANDS OF HOURS
OF VIDEO AND CULLED OUT PHOTOS SHOWING SOME OF THE MOST
HORRIFIC ABUSES.
AND AS I SAID EARLY ON, MOST OF THE FOOTAGE
COMES FROM SOUTHEAST ARIZONA.
THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY RESENTED
OF OF ALL OF THE DETENTION CENTERS, BUT AT LEAST SOME.
WE
WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
IN THE TAPES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW --
THAT IS PERHAPS INSULT TO INJURY, THEY ARE CRAMMING
PEOPLE INTO SMALL AREAS AND NOT GIVING THEM SLEEPING PADS,
EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE EMPTY AREAS THAT HAVE SLEEPING PADS.
WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT?
JUST TO BE ASSHOLES?
THEY SEE THESE
IMMIGRANTS IS NOT AS GOOD AS THEM, THEY ARE POOR PEOPLE FROM
ANOTHER COUNTRY AND THEY ARE DIRTY AND DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH SO
WE CAN TREAT THEM LESS THAN HUMAN?
WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT PRISONS OR DETENTION CENTERS, WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT GULAGS.
THEIR PEOPLE GET RIPPED OUT OF THE
HANDS OF THEIR CHILDREN, THEY DISAPPEAR, THEY GET STUFF LIKE
SARDINES INTO CELLS IN THESE CAMPS.
I REMEMBER I INTERVIEWED
A WOMAN WHO WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, SHE GOT DETAINED AND
DEPORTED, SHE SAID THAT THE RED CROSS CAME AND GAVE THEM SOAP
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WEEKS AND THEY CRIED.
THAT'S THE WAY WE
ARE TREATING PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT NOW, AND WHAT I
WANT YOU TO KNOW IS THAT IF THEY DO THIS TO IMMIGRANTS AND GET
AWAY WITH IT, PRETTY SOON THEY KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR.
I WENT TO
THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM WITH MY BROTHER AND IF SOMEONE LIKE
TRUMP GETS ELECTED, WE ARE HEADED DOWN THAT PATH.
THE FIRST
PEOPLE THEY PUT IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS WERE POLITICAL DISSIDENTS.
THEN THEY PUT PEOPLE LIKE GYPSIES, THEN HOMOSEXUALS, THEN
JEWS.
AND IF THEY CAN DO THAT TO ANYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY, BE
CAREFUL BECAUSE THEY MIGHT KNOCK ON THE DOOR FOR YOU.
AND THIS IS BEFORE TRUMP COMES IN.
THIS IS UNDER OBAMA.
LET'S CALL IT WHAT IT IS.
DEMOCRATS GIVE YOU PRETTY TALK,
BUT OBAMA BROKE THE RECORD FOR DEPORTATIONS OF UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS.
UNDER TRUMPET MIGHT BE WORSE, HE PROMISES IT WILL BE
WORSE.
AND MY TAKE AWAY FROM THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUMS I'VE GONE TO
IS THEY NEVER BELIEVED IT.
AS IT WAS HAPPENING, THEY WERE LIKE,
HE'S NOT REALLY GOING TO DO THAT.
OR WHATEVER FASCIST
GOVERNMENT WAS COMING INTO POWER -- NO.
AND THERE ARE OLD
ARTICLES YOU SEE WHERE THEY SAY THEY BELIEVE THIS IS AN APPEAL
TO POPULISM, BUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT WON'T ACTUALLY DO
THAT.
BUT LET'S FOCUS ON TODAY, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T ON TRUMP,
THIS IS UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
TO RYAN'S POINT,
THE NUMBER OF SUICIDE ATTEMPT BECAUSE OF HOW BAD IT IS, 18
PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN ICE FACILITIES BECAUSE OF MEDICAL
NEGLECT.
ARE THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING THESE FACILITIES --
IN THIS CASE THIS PARTICULAR STORY IS ABOUT CUSTOMS AND
BORDER PROTECTION -- THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PLACES THEY GO TWO,
62% ARE PRIVATE PRISONS, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT JUST SAID
THEY WOULD GET RID OF THE PRIVATE
PRISONS
[BUFFERING]
NO ONE HAS CONNECTED THE TWO, BUT IT IS INTERESTING THEY MADE
THAT DECISION AND MADE IT PUBLIC EARLY IN THE WEEK, AND THEN THIS
GETS RELEASED.
THERE HAD BEEN AN ONGOING ANALYSIS OF THE OUTCOMES OF THE
PRIVATE PRISONS, IT COULD BE A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT MIGHT BE THEY WERE HEADED IN INTERACTION ANYWAY BUT THEY
HURRIED UP THE PRESS RELEASE KNOWING THIS NEWS WOULD
ALSO COME OUT.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT.
IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE FOR THE CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF
AMERICA WHO RUNS THESE PRIVATE PRISONS.
THEIR STOCK TANKED 50%,
IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO RUN PRIVATE PRISONS FOR PROFIT IN THIS
COUNTRY, THEIR STOCK DROPPED 50% WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
I'M
SURE THEY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN ADVANCED WORD IF THERE WAS GOING
TO BE SOME SLOW ROLLOUT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT CAME OUT OF
NOWHERE.
IN THIS CASE CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION IS SUPPOSED
TO KEEP THESE GUYS FOR A SMALL TO READ OF TIME AND MOVE THEM.
UP TO 12 HOURS BY
THEY ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE OVERNIGHT, BUT
OFTENTIMES THEY ARE.
ONLY 80% OF THOSE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2014 AND AUGUST
2015, ONLY 80% WERE HELD FOR MORE THAN A DAY.
YOU HAVE THESE CONDITIONS WERE NOBODY IS GETTING A SHOWER,
PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY GET BATHROOM BREAKS, EVERYONE IS
LYING TOGETHER, WOMEN AND KIDS ARE ON CONCRETE, AND THEN WHEN
THEY ASK FOR MEDICAL HELP THEY DON'T GET IT, THAT IS WHY THOSE
18 DIED UNDER ICE, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
BUT IT'S THE
SAME IDEA THAT UNITES THEM ALL.
SO WHY DO THEY DO IT?
ONE
POLITICAL POSSIBILITY IS THAT SOME KNUCKLEHEAD SOMEWHERE UP
THE CHAIN THINKS, WELL, THIS WILL PROVIDE A DISINCENTIVE,
THEN THEY WILL KNOW NOT TO COME BACK HERE.
BELIEVE ME, THERE ARE
RIGHT-WINGERS WHO WOULD BE LIKE, THAT'S RIGHT.
BUT THAT'S NOT HOW
IT WORKS, AND WHAT IS THE MESSAGE WE ARE SENDING TO THE
REST OF THE WORLD?
GIVE US YOUR POOR, YOUR TIRED, AND WE WILL
GREATLY MISTREAT THEM UNDER HORRIBLE CONDITIONS WERE SOME OF
THEM WILL DIE?
THAT IS NOT WHAT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY SAYS.
THAT
THE SECOND REASON IS HUMAN NATURE.
WE ALL KNOW THE STANFORD
PRISON EXPERIMENT.
YOU PUT SOME PEOPLE AS GUARDS AND SOME PEOPLE
AS PRISONERS, AND NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION, THE STANFORD
PRISON EXPERIMENT, THEY ALL KNEW THAT NO ONE HAD DONE ANYTHING
WRONG, THEY KNEW IT WAS AN EXPERIMENT, AND THEY WERE
STANFORD STUDENTS.
AND IMMEDIATELY YOU HAD THE
PRISONERS HAVING A SENSE OF INFERIORITY, OR ACTING ACCORDING
TO THEIR ROLE, AND THEN HAVING RAGE AND THE GUARDS MAKE IT
WORSE.
YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS?
THIS HAPPENS AT THE END, WE ALL
LIVE IN A STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT AND YET WE NEVER
LEARN.
SO YOU TELL THE GUARDS THESE ARE THE LEAST POWERFUL
PEOPLE ON THE PLANET, THEY HAVE NO POWER AT ALL, THERE IS NO
CHANCE YOU ARE EVER GOING TO GET IN TROUBLE FOR ANY OF THIS, NONE
OF THEM ARE CONNECTED TO A JUDGE, NONE OF THEM ARE
CONNECTED TO A POLITICIAN, NONE OF THEM ARE CONNECTED TO ANY
POWER.
THERE IS THE POEM YOU QUOTED FROM THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, I
USED TO THINK THAT MEANT WE ARE SUCH A GENEROUS COUNTRY, OPEN
OUR DOORS AND LET THEM IN AND WE WILL BE KIND TO THEM.
BUT I
THINK WHAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS IS THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO COME
IN AND THEY ARE THE BADDEST ASS PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD,
THEY ARE BRAVE ENOUGH TO MARCH TO A DESERT TO GET SOMEWHERE
BETTER SO THEY CAN RAISE THEIR FAMILY IN AN AWESOME PLACE
TYPING THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE DO, THEY MOVED TO A BETTER PLACE TO
PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILY AND SEND THEIR KIDS TO A
DECENT SCHOOL, THAT'S WHAT MAKES AMERICA AWESOME, THAT'S WHAT IT
MEANS ON THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY ARE SO
GENEROUS, IT MEANS WE WANT THE BAD ASSES FROM ALL AROUND THE
WORLD, AND WE WILL BUILD ONE HELL OF A COUNTRY IF WE
HAVE ALMOST PEOPLE COMING TO OUR SHORE START BY
THE FIGHTERS, THE WARRIORS, THE ONES WHO GO THE EXTRA MILE,
IN THIS CASE LITERALLY, TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILY AND
LOOK FOR THAT AMERICAN DREAM.
THEY SHOULDN'T BE FORCED TO LIVE IN AN AMERICAN NIGHTMARE.
AND THEY SAY IN CENTRAL AMERICA THE BRAVE ONES LEAVE.
SO WE GET THE BRAVEST AND HARDEST WORKING AND MOST
INTELLIGENT PEOPLE FROM EVERYWHERE, IT IS AWESOME.
WE PRETEND WE HAVE A CULTURE THAT RESPECTS LIFE, WE DON'T.
WE
SANCTIONED STATE KILLING OF OUR OWN CITIZENS, EVEN THOUGH MOST
OF THE PEOPLE WE KILL ARE POOR, A LOT OF THEM ARE INNOCENT, THEY
DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT REPRESENTATION.
SO WE DON'T
RESPECT LIFE, WE DON'T RESPECT THE CONSTITUTION, WE GOT RID OF
HABEAS CORPUS SO NOW THE THING THEY PUT IN THE MAGNA CARTA IN
THE 1500S, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT KIND OF LIBERTY.
THE
GOVERNMENT CAN LOCK YOU UP WITHOUT CHARGING YOU
INDEFINITELY, SO WE ARE OPERATING ON A LIBERTY VIEW FROM
SOMEWHERE AROUND THE 1100S.
WE DON'T RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS OR
CIVIL RIGHTS.
WE USED TO BE THE COUNTRY THAT WE WERE PROUD OF
OUR SYSTEM OF LAW IN AMERICA, WE WERE PROUD OF OUR VALUES,
MEANING WE WOULD EXPORT CIVIL RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO THE
REST OF THE WORLD.
WE NO LONGER DO THAT ANYMORE, WHAT WE EXPORT
ALL THE TIME NOW IS TORTURE, WE EXPORT DRONE KILLINGS, WE EXPORT
ILLEGAL WARS AND THE PEOPLE WHO REVEAL THAT WE DID ALL THAT SHIT
BACK HOME, WE TORTURE THEM IN OUR OWN PRISONS.
AND IF YOU
DON'T THINK WHAT WE DO TO OTHER PEOPLE OVERSEAS IS EXACTLY WHAT
WE WILL DO TO OURSELVES AT HOME, WE ARE.
I SOUND LIKE A
RIGHT-WINGER OR A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN WHEN I SAY WE NEED A
CULTURE THAT RESPECTS LIFE, AND WE DO.
WE NEED A CULTURE THAT
RESPECTS THE DIGNITY OF HUMAN BEINGS, THEY RESPECT THE DIGNITY
OF FETUSES BUT NOT ACTUAL HUMAN BEINGS.