Martin O'Malley:Why didn't Obama DHS End Refugee Family Detention as Ordered by Court?

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Martin O'Malley ‏@MartinOMalley 1h1 hour ago
The US is a welcoming, compassionate country yet we insist on jailing vulnerable women and children. Why didn't @DHSgov #EndFamilyDetention?


Gabriela Domenzain ‏@GabiDomenzain
(Last) night, while immigrants were treated as a topic, thousands were waiting in detention centers to be treated as humans. #EndFamilyDetention


____The Obama administration is fighting to continue detaining Central American women and children, even after a federal judge in July called the practice "deplorable" and ruled that the mothers and kids should be released. The filing argues that by veering away from using family detention as a deterrent to future Central American migrants, the Department of Homeland Security has already complied with U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee's order, so that order should be reconsidered.

As of Wednesday, there were 1,439 women and children in family immigrant detention, according to ICE -- 156 people in the Karnes facility, 1,202 people in the Dilley facility and 81 people in a government-run center in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Many members of President Barack Obama's own party have called for him to shut down family immigrant detention entirely. Last week, 178 House Democrats signed a letter saying the practice should be ended.

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, has been particularly critical of Obama on the matter, saying in a statement earlier this week that the facilities were "internment camps" and "contrary to everything for which our country is supposed to stand."

Other candidates have not been as vocal. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke against detaining children in May, but her presidential campaign did not respond to requests for comment on whether she believes the facilities should be closed. Nor did the campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is also running for the White House as a Democrat.


read: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-administration-tells-judge-family-detentions-already-fixed_55c498c5e4b0923c12bc717f

related:

Gabriela Domenzain ‏@GabiDomenzain 6h6 hours ago
@MartinOMalley's statement on US's continual detention of refugee moms, kids in advance of DHS announcement



This is the O'Malley immigration plan Latino activists and immigration advocates are cheering
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251447110

That Time Martin O'Malley Stood Up For Border Kids When It Mattered
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251437721

Good look at what Governor O'Malley did to find housing for border children in Maryland:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/maryland-solicits-foster-parents-for-migrant-youths-as-omalley-meets-with-faith-leaders/2014/07/28/6a489d5a-1672-11e4-9e3b-7f2f110c6265_story.html

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports more than 2,000 children have been relocated to Maryland in the first six months of this year (2014).
http://www.wbal.com/article/108816/12/omalley-holding-second-meeting-with-clergy-on-immigrant-children

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1. 178 Democrats will not carry a vote in the House.

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3. no, but at least they're speaking out

...where are the other presidential candidate's voices? Not waiting for Congress to form a quorum before speaking up, I hope.

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5. Bernie has already spoken up. He was a signatory to a letter signed by 33 Democratic Senators

on June 1st, 2015 asking the DHS to end the practice mass family detention. It took 15 seconds of googling.

Jeesh! One of the reporters of your OP even reported on the letter! She should have already known Bernie's position. Or at least looked at her own reporting.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/02/family-immigrant-detention_n_7495282.html

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7. why hasn't he said a word about the court order and the administration's defiance?

Signing a letter is nice, but he has the platform of a Senate podium and a campaign podium, as well as the opportunity to speak with reporters and have his remarks amplified.

If he feels so strongly, why hasn't he challenged the administration in this campaign to comply with the order??

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2. Why are we detaining them?

Deport them or let them free. Detaining innocent people indefinitely is abhorrent.

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4. Bernie Sanders is alread on record to close down the facilities. He was a signatory on a June 1st

letter signed by 33 Democratic Senators.

http://immigrantjustice.org/sites/immigrantjustice.org/files/Senate_FamilyDetentionLtr_DHS_2015_06_01.pdf

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6. then why isn't he pressing the administration NOW on the judge's order?

...why is he allowing them to defy the order (he signed onto a letter to oppose) without a word of protest?

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8. Why isn't Hillary?

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9. yes, why isn't Hillary?

..as article in the op states,

"Hillary Clinton spoke against detaining children in May, but her presidential campaign did not respond to requests for comment on whether she believes the facilities should be closed."

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10. K&R. End the detention. n/t

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11. kick