@oralloy,
Quote oralloy:
Quote:There is fencing in the pictures. Is there any reason to think that the fenced areas are smaller now than they were then?
Yes. The fenced in area appears to be about the size of a football field. The cages the Congressman described would seem to be much smaller. The kids then had not just blankets, but actual mattresses-they don't have those now, according to Congressman Merkley. Not great mattresses by any measure, but a genuine cushion between themselves and the floor. The kids are taken out of the fenced in area three times a week to play in the playground and also can take a shower. No indication anything like that is going on now. And the process back then in 2014 appeared to last only a few weeks, with the kids sent to family that they might have already in the US. As it now, there is no goal to get the kids with some relatives in the US-they are staying here until they figure out what to do with them, while the parents get prosecuted. That's a huge difference.
Not saying it was any country club in 2014, but much more humane considering the circumstances.