I bet KKKarl Rove is glad his son doesn't have to go to prison...

[deminks]

like the 'tomater-pickers' sons

Family Prison

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/2/9/194427/7760

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has a problem. When they charge people with immigration violations, or when people have asked for asylum but not yet been given a hearing, these people have to be housed somewhere. Not in actual houses, of course. But in a facility. One with bars, and walls, and a few miles of razor wire. However, a fair number of those in immigration trouble came with kids in tow -- almost as if they were looking for a better life for their family and not intending on being a terrorist threat. On occasion, these immigrants who had small kids were allowed to stay out of lock-up to take care of their children. And sometimes, those who had been given this permission failed to show up for the court date.

So what's the appropriate response? Wait, before you answer that, what's the Republican response. That's right, they decided to put the children in jail, too.

This "new tool in the war on terror" consists of a former state prison in Taylor, Texas. There hasn't been a huge remodel of this place. There are still cell blocks. Still concrete rooms with bars in the front. Still an exposed toilet in the middle of the floor. Only now there are children sharing the cells.

Media got their first chance to tour the facility today, but as with other federal facilities that have sprung up over the last six years, this wasn't exactly a self-guided tour.

Naturally, officials are quick to point out that the children are given toys, and access to a library and computer lab -- if only during the day and in view of guards. And hey, a family was released after their five year old was threatened and yelled at for not standing still during head count.