The Trump admin proposed former landfill as place to house immigrant children. (multiple toxins)

[hlthe2b]

Hell is too good for Trump and his goons....

The Trump admin proposed a former landfill as a place to house immigrant children. A new report finds that that site poses health risks such as exposure to multiple toxic chemicals, heavy metals, and contaminated groundwater.

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A proposed detention center for unaccompanied immigrant children sits on top of land that could pose serious health risks, a report released on Tuesday alleges, including multiple toxic chemicals, heavy metals, and contaminated groundwater.

As part of the Trump administration’s plan to jail undocumented immigrants on military bases, the site at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas, is slated to hold up to 7,5000 unaccompanied children. Attorneys with Earthjustice, the nation’s largest nonprofit environmental law organization, say that the proposed location’s status as a former landfill and Superfund site should preclude it from ever being used for housing—particularly for children, who are especially vulnerable to environmental contaminants. --snip--

“The Trump administration clearly cannot be trusted with the health and safety of vulnerable migrant children,” said Laura M. Esquivel, director of National Advocacy for Hispanic Federation. “Make no mistake; if plans go forward for these centers, the Trump administration is responsible for yet another cruel, misguided, and intentional action that will compound the irreparable damage to the physical and mental well-being of thousands of migrant children being separated from their parents at the border.”

[hlthe2b]

1. I know it hurts to see our country becoming one routinely guilty of crimes against humanity, but...

please read and pass the word... We can't let the RW preach their supposed Xianity while they quite literally torture these people and their children.

[malaise]

2. This needs to be seen

Get thee to the greatest page.

And these fuckers want to preach to Venezuela

[MineralMan]

3. I was stationed at Goodfellow AFB for some advanced training,

back in 1967. I can't speak to the toxic status of the property where that housing is supposed to go, but I can speak to the unfriendliness of the surrounding community. I was very glad to leave that base for an overseas posting. My experiences there, and in the surrounding community are one of the reasons I do not go to Texas, unless I must for some reason.

[hlthe2b]

4. Kicking for the pm crowd... This is a story that DUers need to be aware of.... n/t

[lpbk2713]

5. The first hurdle they faced when they discussed it ...

Ya think we can get away with it?

What do we tell the press when they find out?