“In all actions concerning children  . . .  the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration.” So declares the UN’s Convention on the Rights of a Child, the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history.

This may be news to Trump. He has taken thousands of kids from their families and thrown them into cages that have been hidden from the public, until now.

A pediatrician, one of the first allowed inside, said the child prisons are “torture facilities.” They found cages for eight that held forty. These conditions enable the rapid spread of lice and flu. Without adult assistance, children are left to care for infants. Some kids were malnourished. Many had signs of trauma. Some slept on concrete floors with overhead lights always on. They had no soap. Children wore clothes stained with excretions.

Physicians and human rights experts agree that these are America’s

“concentration camps” and acts of “mass atrocity.”

These horrible conditions will continue—may well get worse—while Trump and his racist GOP hold their illegitimate power. It’s clear now that GREG WALDEN is aligned with the oppressive right wing of the Republican party. We must call him out for who he truly is at every opportunity.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez found yesterday while inspecting adult facilities with other Members of Congress that “(i)t’s not just the kids. It’s everyone,” she said. “We’re talking systemic cruelty with a dehumanizing culture that treats (detained immigrants) like animals.”

In two days, we will celebrate the 4th of July. This is the time to remember that all of us are created equal, that everyone has the unalienable right to pursue a better life. We are a nation of immigrants; people are literally dying to get here. We are better than the trumpist vision of a white supremacist America. 

Close the Camps!

Reunite Families!

Hold Trump and his Accomplices Accountable!

**ACTION ONE: CALL OUR SENATORS**