Current Events
"Critics say immigration facilities are inhumane. Groups demand Texas detention center, formerly a prison, be shut down." Frankly, it doesn't look bad to me. I have stayed for long periods under much worse conditions, and I wasn't doing anything illegal. Think of it as a big bus station. There, while you're waiting for your ride, you sit on benches. Public toilet. Canteen charging exorbitant prices. No card tables. Here they get meals, beds, semi-private bathrooms. What the hell. I just don't understand the immigration thing. There are people I respect to do claim to understand, and we've discussed it, I just can't get past the point that no one asked them to break American laws. It's not as if they are citizens who happen to be of Mexican descent. It was pointed out here what sort of accommodations I could expect if I went to Mexico illegally. Didn't seem to be exactly a Taco Time with attached private rooms w/bath. Arf