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"I was shocked that such camps existed," says @RepJudyChu, of her visit to the Tornillo prison camp, where thousands of migrant children are being detained. "We drove for an hour past civilization, past dead cotton fields. It seemed like there was nothing." #DNlive
Juan Ortiz, immigrant rights activist and indigenous organizer, is helping to lead the "Christmas in Tornillo" resistance against the Tornillo prison camp. Two weeks after Christmas, Ortiz says protesters are still there "occupying space to make sure it closes."
"They didn't have running electricity or running water," says @RepJudyChu of her visit to Tornillo. She notes this was a deliberate act, in order to categorize it as an emergency facilities where children could be held indefinitely. #DNlive
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