According to the New York Times, the US government is surreptiously relocating migrant children to a “tent city” in Tornillo, Texas, which is near El Paso. This location is new and contains “rows of sand-colored tents.” When it opened in June, it was meant to hold only 400 migrants, but it was expanded in September to hold nearly 4,000. Children staying at standard shelters around the US are being bussed there in the middle of the night. Immigration officials rudely wake the boys and girls up and force them into the dark unknown.
From the New York Times:
Several shelter workers, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of being fired, described what they said has become standard practice for moving the children: In order to avoid escape attempts, the moves are carried out late at night because children will be less likely to try to run away. For the same reason, children are generally given little advance warning that they will be moved.
As Americans sleep and dream, terrified children are being transported to a concentration camp.
But the mass transfers are raising the alarm among immigrant advocates, who were already concerned about the lengthy periods of time migrant children are spending in federal custody.
The roughly 100 shelters that have, until now, been the main location for housing detained migrant children are licensed and monitored by state child welfare authorities, who impose requirements on safety and education as well as staff hiring and training.
The tent city in Tornillo, on the other hand, is unregulated, except for guidelines created by the Department of Health and Human Services. For example, schooling is not required there, as it is in regular migrant children shelters.
The camp in Tornillo operates like a small, pop-up city, about 35 miles southeast of El Paso on the Mexico border, complete with portable toilets. Air-conditioned tents that vary in size are used for housing, recreation, and medical care. Originally opened in June for 30 days with a capacity of 400, it expanded in September to be able to house 3,800, and is now expected to remain open at least through the end of the year.
Those who think that the association with concentration camps is nothing but alarmist liberal nonsense, please read this sentence carefully: “The children [wear] belts etched in pen with phone numbers for their emergency contacts.” Can you feel that? Trump’s America is not fucking around. The camp, unlike the shelters, also offers few professional services or support. We are basically dumping children into a social black hole during the most informative years of their lives.
The New York Times:
The tent city in Tornillo… is unregulated, except for guidelines created by the Department of Health and Human Services. For example, schooling is not required there, as it is in regular migrant children shelters
None of this will end well for the children and the soul of this very rich nation. A process instituted by monsters will likely produce monsters.
