Bernie Sanders will close migrant detention centers if elected, says wife

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Bernie Sanders will close migrant detention centers if elected, says wife

Jane Sanders says move would be the first executive action he would take as 2020 contenders visit Homestead facility in Florida

Lauren Gambino
Wed 26 Jun 2019 20.41 BST Last modified on Wed 26 Jun 2019 20.42 BST

Senator Bernie Sanders’ first executive order as president would be to close America’s private detention facilities, which are part of an ongoing row over the treatment of child migrants, his wife and senior adviser, Jane Sanders, has said.

Jane Sanders was outside a detention facility in Homestead, Florida, along with several 2020 Democratic candidates voicing upset at the immigration policies of Donald Trump.

Jane Sanders told the Guardian it was “heartbreaking” to see the Homestead facility firsthand and outlined what the Vermont senator – who is one of the 2020 frontrunners to take on Trump – would do if he won the White House.

“The first thing – one of the things that he says he’ll do as president – the first executive action he’ll take is to shut these down, to shut down the child detention centers across the country,” she said.

Sanders said her husband has a forthcoming immigration plan informed by Latino staff members and immigrant activists. She also he had voted against legislation that led to the creation of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency in 2002.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/26/2020-democrats-migrant-child-detention-centers-sanders

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. There is no mention of what happens to the children when the camps are closed.

Where will they go?

[riverine]

4. Has any single one of Bernie's plans been thought out?

I don't recall a single one that has.

[redstatebluegirl]

7. Exactly, he will say anything

to get elected this time, policy be damned.

[sheshe2]

5. My thoughts exactly Peggy.

Day one close the doors...then what about the families? Not a well thought out plan. I also hope that we do something about this long before election day. I know the Dem Congress are fighting tooth and nail.

[SouthernProgressive]

3. When the time comes....

I hope our President get his support in doing just that.

[George II]

6. I don't think there's a single one of our 24 (or is it now 25) candidates who won't do that.

[BeckyDem]

8. Wonderful. Can we PLEASE go after Trump now for crimes against humanity?

I don't understand this. I am so worried about how much further the crazy will get as we get closer to the election.
When he sees how well our candidates do among the electorate, he will be desperate.