Maddow fears Trump migrant detention centers may be used to imprison ‘the rest of us’
MS NOW host Rachel Maddow suggested that President Donald Trump might try to repurpose immigration detention centers to imprison "the rest of us" during an appearance on "The Daily Show" Monday.
Key points
- TRUMP ADMIN CANNOT REFUSE DETAINED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS A CHANCE FOR RELEASE ON BOND, APPEALS COURT RULES "These are people who overstayed a student visa or are here on a green card but got a parking ticket, like ticky-tack s--- that normally would be treated civilly," he said.
- "You know, people all over the country where Trump wanted to put these mega prisons, these were huge warehouses to hold people by the thousands.
- Places that would hold five, six, seven, ten, 14,000 people, all without trial, held indefinitely." Stewart argued that those detained for immigration violations were being held "for things that are generally considered in our society, civil issues.
Maddow acknowledged that other scenarios were possible but suggested that concerns about Trump’s new detention centers should extend beyond immigrant advocates.
Additional details
- "No, I'm sorry, with a president like this, if you give him seven to ten prisons around the country that hold 10,000 people each, where he can hold people without trial, without access to lawyers, indefinitely, you think he's only going to leave immigrants in there?" she asked.
- CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE "This is an attempt to go viral and to push a political narrative against a president she doesn’t like, regardless of who suffers along the way.
- Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart both know that.
- Immigrants came to this country legally, built lives here and became proud American citizens," Pipko said.
- It’s selfish and evil, and, worst of all, she knows it but does it anyway," she added.
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