@1 "Don't break the law."

Your simplistic view of social justice and criminal justice indicates your utter lack of knowledge of the history of human rights in America. Civil disobedience (breaking the law in a non-violent manner) was absolutely essential in the Deep South in order to break the racist subjugation of people who COULD NOT VOTE because of Jim Crow laws. It was also "breaking the law" to help slaves escape the hell of human bondage. It was "breaking the law" for 17-year-old boys to burn their draft cards to protest the Vietnam war.

Your flippant attitude toward social justice suggests you could benefit from doing some research into the legacy of "breaking the law" in your country; America..."Bighorn."
Whatever.

@2 You don't have to have absolute sympathy toward illegal immigration to recognize that the detention center operation and conditions are a major problem.

"wildly inconsistent, and sometimes inedible,"

How are they inconsistent? How are they inedible? How high are the prices in the commissary? Details please.

@3
Your comment has NOTHING to do with my admonition of #2 and his/her abject ignorance of the PRINCIPLE of human rights and the TACTIC of non-violent civil disobedience.

Maybe you and #2 could be library buddies as you both take the enchanting journey of learning about American history and reading comprehension.

I had the misfortune to be held at a Federal detention facility in Oklahoma City in the mid-90's, when the economy was o.k. and a fair amount of money was still being spent to house and feed us. And it was a total shithole. I can only imagine what these people locked up at the NWDC are going through.

And please, do some research into the GEO group. Talk about people deserving of being locked up, those asshats take the cake.

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@7 – Sargon Bighorn,

Your ridiculous original point was, and I quote, "Don't break the law." Since you clearly lack the capacity to discern between degrees of criminality, I'll leave you with something even you should be able to grasp:
Not everyone in that hellish dungeon of a detention center deserves to be there, meaning some of those people are innocent of any criminal offense. They, therefore, are "detained" with little or no legal counsel, and languish with scarce hope of "justice."

And are you truly so callous as to include 9-year-old children (who came here with their parents) in your hopelessly-generalized proclamation: "Don't break the Law"?
If so, you are more hopeless, in your soul, than those for whom this nightmare is quite real.

What a yutz.

@7 firstly, how do you know that they broke the law? I believe the person mentioned in this article never had charges pressed against them. And I believe people are presumed innocent until proven guilty "because that's how things work in America."

Secondly, I honestly don't give a shit if they broke the law. What I'm concerned with is if they're an actual threat. There are a lot of petty drug offenders in there.

Lastly, US imperialistic foreign policy is a major reason that it's too difficult for these people to live in their own countries. If you burn down your neighbors home, the least you can do is let them stay at your place.

@Texas1OR, you need to get YOUR facts straight before you comment on others lack of doing so.

" It was "breaking the law" for 17-year-old boys to burn their draft cards to protest the Vietnam war."

To be eligible for the draft, one had/has to be an 18 year old male. 17 year olds did not burn their draft cards.

Get your facts right.

@Texas1OR, you need to get YOUR facts straight before you comment on others lack of doing so.

" It was "breaking the law" for 17-year-old boys to burn their draft cards to protest the Vietnam war."

To be eligible for the draft, one had/has to be an 18 year old male. 17 year olds did not burn their draft cards.

Get your facts right.

@10 WTH!

"Lastly, US imperialistic foreign policy is a major reason that it's too difficult for these people to live in their own countries."

What do US policies, Imperialistic or not, have to do with being a reason for one leaving their home country?

Prove your statement please.