Going in right now.
More tonight w @chrislhayes on @allinwithchris @MSNBC. #inners
One of the first things you notice when you walk into the shelter — no joke — a mural of Trump with the quote “sometimes losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.”
Presidential murals everywhere. But that one is 1st.
One hour of structured time.
One hour of free time.
The rest of the day is spent inside a former Wal Mart.
1) “Immediatelt notify PD,” or the police department.
2) Call the shelter communications director.
In that order.
For the record, nobody called cops on us. We were invited by HHS and the shelter.
I believe the worker looking after these kids who said she’d like to see a day when they don’t have to do this.
But things are moving in the wrong direction — capacity is 1497 and tonight 1469 boys will sleep here.
This place is called a shelter but these kids are incarcerated.
No cells and no cages, and they get to go to classes about American history and watch Moana, but they’re in custody.
Coming up on @allinwithchris next.
Its president told me that potential new tent cities that will be on federal property *don’t* have to be licensed.
Here’s the Trump mural I mentioned to @chrislhayes inside the shelter for incarcerated child migrants.
Also their beds and the towels they shower with.
This is not a school cafeteria.
Hundreds called to eat at a time on rotating shifts.
When I told @chrislhayes it felt like a prison or jail, I was thinking about this.
The boys have under *40* square feet of living space each.
Lights go out in there at 9PM every night.
Will have more tomorrow on @TODAYshow, @Morning_Joe & @MSNBC.
Thanks for sharing this story.
We likely wouldn’t have had a shot at getting inside Casa Padre tonight had @SenJeffMerkley not tried and been turned away before us.
Here’s my conversation with them both tonight. msnbc.com/the-last-word/…
They say they weren’t given a heads up about Trump/Sessions zero tolerance separation policy that’s led to overcrowding. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/s…
Here’s our exclusive @NBCNews report — with @ckubeNBC and @JuliaEAinsley. nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
Overcrowding is a crisis manufactured by Trump, a direct result of new policy to prosecute 100% of people who enter the US illegally, which separates families.