Just finished touring the Otay Mesa detention facility. We were not allowed by ICE to bring phones or cameras inside. During my visit, I spoke with mothers who have been separated from their children, some as young as five years old.
These women do not know for certain where their children are, do not know if and when they will be reunited and some have not been able to even speak with them by phone.
This is unacceptable. These mothers have fled some of the murder capitals of the world and fled domestic violence. And our government is treating them like they pose the same threat as a member of a transnational gang.
