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CBP then transfers these human beings to a facility called āthe Dog Pound.ā (Here, my friend started crying.)Ā The āDog Poundā is comprised of cages, outside and on dirt, with no protection from the elements.Ā Donāt look away.
There are dozens of teen moms there. There is no baby food.Ā While there, my friend saw a CBP agent take a baby from her teenage mother, strip the baby of its clothes, hand the baby back to the mother, and send them outside to the āDog Poundā to sleep in the dirt.
The āDog Poundā has no running water, no covers, no tarp, no care, no safety from the elements. It is freezing at night, and deathly hot during the day.Ā Everyone is sick. My friend said she saw a baby on this trip that was so sick āI thought it would be dead by morning.ā
Toddlers in the āDog Poundā who had been eating solid food are given only infant formula. Moms are trying to start breast feeding again so their children donāt starve.Ā These moms are dehydrated, sick, & have walked miles through desert with no water. CBP gives them nothing.
It gets worse. Donāt look away.Ā From the āDog Pound,ā these human beings are moved to an area called āThe Freezer.āĀ The Freezer is kept at 55 degrees.Ā Some of the refugees who are moved there are still wet from their journey, and are put in The Freezer wet.
CBP is keeping human beings in āThe Freezerā for weeks at a time. WEEKS.Ā Including critically ill people, disabled people, sick children, teenage mothers with babies.Ā The floor of The Freezer is made of dirt or very rough concrete. There are no beds.Ā Keep reading.
From āThe Freezer,ā refugees are supposed to be moved to ICE facilities that are designed for residential care. They have beds, food, bathrooms. However, (keep reading) THOSE FACILITIES ARE EMPTY. ICE IS SHUTTING THEM DOWN.Ā Donāt look away.
What our government is doing instead is moving refugees to MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.Ā The announcement about Fort Sill, which was used as a Japanese internment camp, is only the start.So why would our government be doing this?
Hereās why:Ā These concentration camps (letās call them what they are) will be under the control of the Department of Homeland Security, but within the Department of Defense.
Unlike ICE facilities, which allow site inspectors inside, there will be no inspection of military-run camps. The military will be able to deny access to anyone it chooses. No media. No oversight.
Lawyers will not be allowed in. Human rights monitors will not be allowed in.Ā The camps will also be protected airspace, meaning that no drones can fly over them to take pictures of whatās going on inside.
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