Robert Held
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I don't want anybody to forget.
It's bad enough what's happening to protesters and so on.
But I just came from El Paso, Texas, where there's a federal facility.
It's actually a camp.
And Don, it's the same place that Japanese Americans were interned during World War II, illegally and unconstitutionally, simply because they were Japanese Americans.
That same place is being used now as a detention facility for immigrants, many of whom, most of whom have never committed a crime.
Repeat for emphasis.
These are people that have not committed a crime, but but they are being, you know, detained.
wrongfully um they're being abused and our families are being broken up our communities are being traumatized and nobody should forget that we've got thousands and thousands of people not only in el paso but in other detention facilities around the country this is all being ramped up with the billions of dollars that are being allocated toward these federal agencies
And it is heartbreaking and it is terrible.
And every person with a conscience should do something.
You know, I don't believe that we're getting certainly not getting real time statistics.
I know there's a lot of researchers that are working on this.
It's my understanding that the United Nations is working on investigating the United States for its human rights abuses.
Don, again, repeat for emphasis, this is the United States of America.
We're not a third world country.
We are being investigated by the UN, and I believe that ultimately charges will be brought against Gregory Bovino and Kristi Noem and Tom Holman and the entire crew for violating the human rights of American citizens and non-citizens alike.
Yes, it has toned down for a number of reasons.
They've taken many of the detainees out of that Broadview facility in the cold winter.
We haven't had quite the energy that I think St.