New video shows vice president Mike Pence “callously” observing crowded pens of migrants on the US border before turning his back and leaving.
The moment was captured during Mr Pence’s tour of a detention centre in McAllen, Texas, during which he said the system was “overwhelmed” but insisted families were “well cared for”.
He’s shown standing before a crowd room full of migrants, as an official talks to him about procedures at the centre.
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As scores of men held behind wire fencing try to catch his attention – with some shouting out how many days they’d been held – he appeared to avoid any eye contact.
His gaze strafed the room above the level at which the men stood. Then, after less than a minute, he turned and left.
Shape Created with Sketch. 'Dangerous' overcrowding of migrants in US border facilities Show all 6 left Created with Sketch. right Created with Sketch. Shape Created with Sketch. 'Dangerous' overcrowding of migrants in US border facilities 1/6 Photos of detained migrants crowded into cells at the US border - with one holding up a sign reading simply "help" - have been released as part of a new report warning of "dangerous" overcrowding. The memo was sent to the Department of Homeland Security by its Inspector General, containing photos taken at border facilities in the Rio Grande Valley over a week in June DHS/OIG 2/6 Eighty-eight adult males held in a cell with a maximum capacity of 41, some signalling prolonged detention to OIG Staff on June 12 DHS/OIG 3/6 Overcrowding of families observed by OIG on June 11, at a border patrol facility in Weslaco, Texas DHS/OIG 4/6 Migrant families overcrowding a border patrol facility on June 11 in McAllen, Texas DHS/OIG 5/6 Fifty-one adult females held in a cell designated for male juveniles with a capacity for 40 at Border Patrol’s Fort Brown Station DHS/OIG 6/6 Migrant families overcrowding a border patrol facility on June 11 in McAllen, Texas DHS/OIG 1/6 Photos of detained migrants crowded into cells at the US border - with one holding up a sign reading simply "help" - have been released as part of a new report warning of "dangerous" overcrowding. The memo was sent to the Department of Homeland Security by its Inspector General, containing photos taken at border facilities in the Rio Grande Valley over a week in June DHS/OIG 2/6 Eighty-eight adult males held in a cell with a maximum capacity of 41, some signalling prolonged detention to OIG Staff on June 12 DHS/OIG 3/6 Overcrowding of families observed by OIG on June 11, at a border patrol facility in Weslaco, Texas DHS/OIG 4/6 Migrant families overcrowding a border patrol facility on June 11 in McAllen, Texas DHS/OIG 5/6 Fifty-one adult females held in a cell designated for male juveniles with a capacity for 40 at Border Patrol’s Fort Brown Station DHS/OIG 6/6 Migrant families overcrowding a border patrol facility on June 11 in McAllen, Texas DHS/OIG
Shannon Watson, founder of gun control group Moms Demand, posted the clip to Twitter saying: “This image will go down in history.
“New video shows shows Mike Pence callously observing and turning his back on severe overcrowding of men in cages at a detainment facility in Texas.”
The post was retweeted thousands of times. One person responded: “This is the way a rancher examines a holding pen for cattle. These are human beings.”
Another said: “I saw not a single shred of pity or empathy in that empty man’s eyes. This is truly horrifying to observe in a man who could possibly do damage to our country in the future. We should each of us see ourselves in those men’s shoes, before it’s too late for our souls.”
Mr Pence visited two areas of the border on Friday, beginning with a station in Donna, where air-conditioned, interconnected tents were built in May to temporarily handle 1,000 migrants.
He then went to McAllen where 384 single men are being held behind wire fencing with no beds.
expostfacto-saurus on July 13rd, 2019 at 15:56 UTC »
Well yeah. He changed policies in Indiana that increased aids infection rates. That was among US citizens.
NYC_Underground on July 13rd, 2019 at 15:30 UTC »
Truly a man of Christ. What a model Christian living and working just as Jesus would
sandwooder on July 13rd, 2019 at 15:18 UTC »
“In my work with the defendants (at the Nuremberg Trials 1945-1949) I was searching for the nature of evil and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy. It’s the one characteristic that connects all the defendants, a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”
Captain G. M. Gilbert, the Army psychologist assigned to watching the defendants at the Nuremberg trials