Because Donald Trump is a sociopath.

Because they were kidnapped by men who were already profiting from private prisons, but felt their entrepreneurial capabilities were really being hindered by due process

We can just call them concentration camps now. No need to mince words.

If you believe the republican narrative, it's because they're all members of Tren de Aragua and MS-13.

In other words, there is no justifiable reason for it and the entire ordeal depends on the ignorance of the maga base and complicity of those in power.

Authorities love to escalate everything.

If you are foreign-born with a "foreign sounding" name and you defend yourself against a bully in a US school, the school admin will literally call the police on you.

Cuz I was that kid who defended himself. And I got in trouble for fucking self defence.

Because cruelty is the point.

Trying to create the Mexican joker.

It's for their own children, not anyone else's.

I don't bother listening to any pedophile's recommendations for child care, and EVERY MAGA is a pedophile.

This problem is deeper than both parties, we also allowed children to be in concentration camps in Palestine.. for decades. The US has been changing for the worse since Kennedy died.. we need a revolution, against the slavers. not against our constitution.

In their minds these are not children they are "illegal aliens".

I'm so sorry and you're right nobody deserves that.

I didn't mean to imply that anyone was being detained for commiting a crime. Just pointing out that the same groups that were making insane amounts of money via private prisons (which also often detained innocent people thanks to a broken justice system) are now making even more insane amounts of money by using their privately owned prisons as detention centers.

They believe that profiting from unnecessary suffering is just being smart business men.

Private Prison Contractors Spend Millions on Lobbying, Get Billions in Immigration Detention Contracts

It's a bleak and miserable time because some selfish people have intentionally made it that way, but I hope you know that plenty of people definitely care outside of Lemmy. The people who profit from this shit will never understand the strength of humanity because control and corruption through money is the only source of strength they've ever known. It's why they fear equality and democracy. Fuck fascism, fuck oppression, and fuck the oligarchs who enable it!

Holy shit theres like a 3 year old in there.

Torture, forced labor and death by neglect are all already widespread, just look at Seacott.

The bigger question is, what are you doing about it? There are nazi concentration camps on US soil and federal agents are executing white US citizens in the streets.

Are you going to lie down and take that? Are you just gonna post online about it? Or are you going to join the fight against them, find a local activist group or protest, and arm yourself in preparation for the coming revolution?

The whole operation is a money making scheme. They get about $100 per day from the government to detain a person. They are sweeping up as many as they can which clogs up the courts which means they can detain people even longer and make even more money.

I guess it depends on if you trust the word of the private prison corporation that owns the facility and receives a federal contract to pack people in like sardines.

This is just a guess, but I will go out on a limb and say that probably if any of that "exists" it's just for show to check off some boxes on a form that tacks in a few more million to your contract. Like a classroom nobody uses or a recreational area the kids aren't allowed to play in.

We all know the answer to that

What do you mean make it out? They're being held in a private prison.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2026/01/25/541607/protest-breaks-out-at-south-texas-immigration-detention-facility-holding-5-year-old-liam-ramos/

Lee described Saturday’s action inside the facility as a peaceful demonstration, not a riot, and said the show of solidarity carried risk for detained families.

Lee said the protest unfolded against what he described as harsh day-to-day conditions inside the Dilley detention center. He characterized the facility as “a horrible, horrible place,” alleging that drinking water is “putrid” and often undrinkable, and that meals have contained “bugs,” dirt, and debris.

“The guards are just as tough as the guards at the adult facilities. This is not a place that you would want to have your child be for even 15 minutes,” Lee said.

Texas Public Radio reached out to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for comment on the disturbance and on Lee’s allegations regarding Liam Ramos’ treatment but had not received a response by Saturday evening.

The Dilley detention complex — known for years as the South Texas Family Residential Center — closed in 2024 and later reopened, as federal authorities expanded detention capacity for immigrant families, according to prior reporting and company statements.