As we have documented, children continue to be subjected to conditions that violate the Geneva Conventions, to say nothing of the regular federal laws, under the Flores, East Bay Sanctuary and Ms. L. class action settlements. [Trump 1.0 was a party to those last two California federal court settlements, by the way.]

The annual report of ICE is here. And the Border Patrol one is here. In the past 12 or so years, the agents have beome more adept at making the text portions virtual PR kits — extolling their respective virtues. But the charts do not lie: hundreds of children are being held in entirely inhumane, inappropriate pens, or windowless hotel rooms — more than ocassionally for months on end — without access to the things that basic human rights would require. That is a fact. And it is Tangerine 2.0 (via Stephen Miller) directing all this lawless cruelty:

Were he alive today, Frederick Douglass would be offering his Fourth of July critique in front of the Dilley Detention Center. Trust that.

We as a nation, have in general been blessed with ethical leadership for the vast majority of our 250 years. But not so, in the last two of three. This too is a simple… fact. Out — a quiet evening ahead (my flag is flying upside down today — we are a nation in distress due to corruption in DC).

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