Pence excuses conditions at the detention camps as a crisis. Nice sleight of hand. A crisis is when standard operating procedures fail, the systems are down. But detention conditions issue, compared to migration one, is distinct and easily solved. It's not a crisis. It's policy.

Pence excuses conditions at the detention camps as a crisis. Nice sleight of hand. A crisis is when standard operating procedures fail, the systems are down. But detention conditions issue, compared to migration one, is distinct and easily solved.
It's not a crisis. It's policy. https://t.co/Te68R2wUxd

— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) July 13, 2019