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Rebecca J. Kavanagh
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This photo is devastating. cnn.it/2Yh2Eo0
So is this audio of children screaming for their mothers while being held at a US CBP facility. propublica.org/article/childr…
And this photo from an immigration facility in El Paso showing people crowded into cells designed for a few people that have standing room only. Where people are forced to stand on toilets just to have air to breathe. Where they are held for weeks. nytimes.com/2019/05/31/us/…
Then there's this photo of people forced to sleep outside on the concrete at the Border Patrol Station in McCallum, Texas. buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfo…
And these photos of children lying underneath mylar blankets on the floor in detention centers. msn.com/en-ca/news/wor…
I really hope this horrible horrible photo of a father with his little child changes everything. But we have seen so much horror. Why would this be any different?
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Rebecca J. Kavanagh
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.@WaywardWinifred @briebriejoy Have you seen this. @BernieSanders says 2 seconds in, he would close the facilities the children are currently being held in and doesn't want children to be held in detention centers. @Enrique_Acevedo has completely misrepresented the interview.
Let me correct @Enrique_Acevedo's recitation of the interview.

First question: Should the current facilities be shut down?

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Like literally within the first 2 seconds, he says they should be closed.

@Enrique_Acevedo's tweet says the exact opposite.
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Rebecca J. Kavanagh
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Australia has the most morally abhorrent, cruel and inhumane immigration policies in the world.

They are a model for no other country.
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@drrjkavanagh
The Democratic debates are tonight & lots of media about how candidates can appeal to Black voters. Here's an idea. Talk about racism in the criminal legal system, policing, the criminalization of poverty. Maybe have 1 of your 21 plans address all of this. theappeal.org/spotlight-pres…
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This is devastating. @ProPublica obtained a secretly recorded audio from inside one of the government facilities where children have been separated from their families.

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