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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.26,0:00:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For over 40 years, I've been\Na clinical social worker
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.69,0:00:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a developmental psychologist,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.69,0:00:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it seemed almost natural\Nfor me to go into the helping professions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.51,0:00:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents had taught me\Nto do good for others.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.59,0:00:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I devoted my career
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.11,0:00:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to working with families
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.90,0:00:21.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some of the toughest circumstances:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.05,0:00:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,poverty, mental illness,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.39,0:00:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,immigration, refugees.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.05,0:00:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for all those years,\NI've worked with hope and with optimism.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.08,0:00:33.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the past five years, though,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.69,0:00:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my hope and my optimism\Nhave been put to the test.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.52,0:00:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been so deeply disappointed\Nin the way the United States government
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.29,0:00:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is treating families
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.62,0:00:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are coming to our Southern border
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.60,0:00:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,asking for asylum,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.53,0:00:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,desperate parents with children
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.72,0:00:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.66,0:00:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who only want to bring their kids\Nto safety and security.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.91,0:01:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are fleeing some of\Nthe worst violence in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.38,0:01:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've been attacked by gangs,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.88,0:01:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assaulted, raped, extorted, threatened.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.16,0:01:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have faced death,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.41,0:01:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they can't turn to their police\Nbecause the police are complicit,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.02,0:01:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,corrupt, ineffective.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.59,0:01:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then they get to our border,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.53,0:01:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we put them in detention centers,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.53,0:01:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prisons, as if they were common criminals.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.09,0:01:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in 2014, I met some of\Nthe first children in detention centers,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.68,0:01:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wept.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.80,0:01:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sat in my car afterwards and I cried.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.71,0:01:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was seeing some of the worst\Nsuffering I'd ever known,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.16,0:01:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it went against everything\NI believed in my country,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.09,0:01:50.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rule of law,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.03,0:01:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything my parents taught me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.02,0:02:00.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way the United States has handled\Nthe immigrants seeking asylum
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.67,0:02:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the past five years, it's wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.72,0:02:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just simply wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.83,0:02:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tonight I want to tell you\Nthat children in immigration detention
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.13,0:02:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are being traumatized,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.06,0:02:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are causing the trauma.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.04,0:02:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We in America,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.10,0:02:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually those of us here tonight,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.31,0:02:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will not necessarily be on the same page\Nwith respect to immigration.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.44,0:02:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll disagree on how we're going\Nto handle all those people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.41,0:02:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who want to come to our country.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.50,0:02:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frankly, it doesn't matter to me\Nwhere you're a Republican or a Democrat,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.10,0:02:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,liberal or conservative.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.07,0:02:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want secure borders.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.85,0:02:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also want to keep the bad actors out.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.97,0:02:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want national security.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.10,0:02:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course, you'll have your ideas\Nabout those topics too.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.77,0:02:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think we can agree
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.60,0:03:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that America should not be doing harm.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.55,0:03:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The government, the state, should not\Nbe in the business of hurting children.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.27,0:03:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It should be protecting them,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.09,0:03:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no matter whose children they are:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.45,0:03:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your children, my grandchildren,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.73,0:03:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the children of families
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.98,0:03:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just looking for asylum.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.48,0:03:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I could tell you story after story
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.56,0:03:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of children who have witnessed\Nsome of the worst violence in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.43,0:03:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are now sitting in detention,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.13,0:03:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but two little boys have stayed with me\Nover these past five years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.11,0:03:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of them was Danny.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.60,0:03:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Danny is seven and a half years old\Nwhen I met him in a detention center
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.19,0:03:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Karnes City, Texas back in 2014.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.23,0:03:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was there with his mother and\Nhis brother and they had fled Honduras.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.30,0:03:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, Danny is one of these kids\Nthat you get to love instantly.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.87,0:03:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is funny, he's innocent,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.37,0:03:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's charming and very expressive,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.15,0:04:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's drawing pictures for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.31,0:04:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of the pictures he drew for me\Nwas of the ??.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.61,0:04:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ??: this is the name
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.25,0:04:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they gave to gangs\Nin the town that he was in.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.65,0:04:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said to Danny,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.17,0:04:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Danny, what makes them bad guys?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.64,0:04:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Danny looked at me with puzzlement.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.44,0:04:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, the look was more like,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.99,0:04:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Are you clueless or just stupid?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.07,0:04:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.30,0:04:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He leaned in and he whispered,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.62,0:04:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't you see?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.55,0:04:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They smoke cigarettes."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.73,0:04:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.05,0:04:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And they drink beer."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.13,0:04:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Danny had learned of course\Nabout the evils of drinking and smoking.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.41,0:04:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then he said, "And they carry guns."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.42,0:04:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In one of the pictures,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.16,0:04:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stick figures of the ??
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.96,0:04:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are shooting at birds and at people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.96,0:04:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Danny told me about the day his uncle\Nwas killed by those ??
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.69,0:05:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how he ran from his house\Nto his uncle's farmhouse
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.57,0:05:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only to see his uncle's dead body,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.33,0:05:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his face disfigured by bullets.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.60,0:05:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Danny told me he saw his uncle's teeth\Ncoming out the back of his head.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.42,0:05:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was only six at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.38,0:05:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometime after that,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.88,0:05:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of those ??\Nbeat little Danny badly, severely,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.06,0:05:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's when his parents said,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.57,0:05:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We have got to leave\Nor they will kill us."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.35,0:05:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they set out,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.24,0:05:33.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Danny's father was\Na single-leg amputee with a crutch,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.76,0:05:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he couldn't manage the rugged terrain.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.86,0:05:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he said to his wife,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.15,0:05:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Go without me. Take our boys.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.16,0:05:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Save our boys."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.63,0:05:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Mom and the boys set off.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.30,0:05:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Danny told me he looked back,\Nsaid goodbye to his father,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.07,0:05:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looked back a couple of times\Nuntil he lost sight of his father,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.20,0:05:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in detention he had not\Nheard from his father.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.36,0:05:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's very likely that his father\Nwas killed by the ??
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.61,0:06:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he had tried to flee.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.39,0:06:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't forget Danny.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.36,0:06:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other boy was Fernando.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.10,0:06:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, Fernando was in\Nthe same detention center,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.11,0:06:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,roughly the same age as Danny.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.75,0:06:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fernando was telling me about\Nthe 24 hours he spent
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.82,0:06:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in isolation with his mother\Nin the detention center,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.94,0:06:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,placed there because his mother\Nhad led a hunger strike
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.07,0:06:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among the mothers in the detention center,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.30,0:06:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now she was cracking\Nunder the pressure of the guards
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.96,0:06:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were threatening and being\Nvery abusive towards her and Fernando.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.02,0:06:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Fernando and I are talking\Nin the small office,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.35,0:06:39.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his mother burst in,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.71,0:06:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she says, "They hear you!\NThey're listening to you."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.47,0:06:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she dropped to her hands and knees,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.30,0:06:50.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she began to look under the table,\Ngroping under all the chairs.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.97,0:06:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She looked at the electric sockets,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.85,0:06:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the corner of the room,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.20,0:06:58.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the floor, the corner of the ceiling,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.53,0:07:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the lamp, at the air vent, looking\Nfor hidden microphones and cameras.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.64,0:07:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I watched Fernando
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.75,0:07:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as he watched his mother spiral\Ninto this paranoid state.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.30,0:07:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked in his eyes\Nand I saw utter terror.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.07,0:07:17.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, who would take care\Nof him if she couldn't?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.61,0:07:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just the two of them.\NThey only had each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.21,0:07:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could tell you story after story,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.06,0:07:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I haven't forgotten Fernando.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.19,0:07:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know something about\Nwhat that kind of trauma,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.03,0:07:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stress and adversity does to children.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.37,0:07:39.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm going to get clinical\Nwith you for a moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.78,0:07:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to be\Nthe professor that I am.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.90,0:07:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Under prolonged and intense stress,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.30,0:07:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trauma, hardship, adversity,\Nharsh conditions,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.15,0:07:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the developing brain is harmed,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.47,0:07:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plain and simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.36,0:08:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its wiring and its architecture
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.53,0:08:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are damaged.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.64,0:08:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The child's natural stress\Nresponse system is affected.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.20,0:08:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's weakened of its protective factors.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.03,0:08:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regions of the brain
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.56,0:08:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are associated with cognition,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.64,0:08:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intellectual abilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.14,0:08:20.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,judgment, trust, self-regulation,\Nsocial interaction, are weakened,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.67,0:08:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes permanently.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.75,0:08:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That impairs children's future.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.54,0:08:29.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also know that under stress,\Nthe child's immune system is suppressed,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.66,0:08:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making them susceptible to infections.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.56,0:08:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chronic illnesses like diabetes,\Nasthma, cardiovascular disease,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.82,0:08:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will follow those children into adulthood\Nand likely shorten their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.99,0:08:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mental health problems are linked\Nto the breakdown of the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.96,0:08:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have seen children in detention
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.39,0:08:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have recurrent\Nand disturbing nightmares,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.41,0:08:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,night terrors,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.36,0:09:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,depression and anxiety,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.20,0:09:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dissociative reactions,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.85,0:09:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hopelessness, suicidal thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.74,0:09:08.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and post-traumatic stress disorders.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.43,0:09:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they regress in their behavior,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.14,0:09:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the 11-year old boy
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.90,0:09:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who began to wet his bed again\Nafter years of continence,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.51,0:09:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the eight-year old girl\Nwho is buckling under the pressure
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.13,0:09:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was insisting\Nthat her mother breastfeed her.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.58,0:09:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is what detention does to children.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.63,0:09:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you may ask,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.08,0:09:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do we do?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.87,0:09:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What should our government do?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.27,0:09:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I'm just a mental\Nhealth professional,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.51,0:09:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so all I really know is about\Nchildren's health and development.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.84,0:09:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I have some ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.75,0:09:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First, we need to reframe our practices.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.75,0:09:54.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to replace fear and hostility
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.57,0:09:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with safety and compassion.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.94,0:10:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to tear down the prison walls,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.20,0:10:04.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the barbed wire, take away the cages.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.39,0:10:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead of prison, or prisons,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.13,0:10:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should create orderly\Nasylum processing centers,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.15,0:10:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,campus-like communities
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.50,0:10:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where children and families\Ncan live together.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.06,0:10:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could take old motels,\Nold army barracks,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.27,0:10:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,refit them so that children and parents\Ncan live as family units
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.41,0:10:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some safety and normality,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.06,0:10:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where kids can run around.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.36,0:10:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In these processing centers,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.48,0:10:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pediatricians, family doctors,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.37,0:10:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dentists and nurses,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.83,0:10:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be screening, examining,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.98,0:10:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,treating and immunizing children,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.03,0:10:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creating records that will follow them\Nto their next medical provider.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.28,0:10:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Social workers would be conducting\Nmental health evaluations
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.02,0:10:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and providing treatment\Nfor those who need it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.46,0:10:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those social workers\Nwould be connecting families
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.37,0:11:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to services that they're going\Nto need, wherever they're headed.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.02,0:11:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And teachers would be teaching\Nand testing children
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.17,0:11:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and documenting their learning
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.29,0:11:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that the teachers at the next school
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.11,0:11:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can continue those children's education.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.19,0:11:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot more that we could do\Nin these processing centers,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.87,0:11:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot more.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.33,0:11:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you probably are thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.52,0:11:23.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is pie-in-the-sky stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.46,0:11:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can't blame you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.48,0:11:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, let me tell you that refugee camps\Nall over the world are holding families
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.31,0:11:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like those in our detention centers,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.92,0:11:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some of those refugee camps\Nare getting it right
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.97,0:11:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far better than we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.47,0:11:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The United Nations has issued reports\Ndescribing refugee camps
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.52,0:11:49.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that protect children's\Nhealth and development.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.31,0:11:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Children and parents live in family units
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.16,0:11:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and clusters of families\Nare housed together.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.14,0:11:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Parents are given work permits\Nso they can earn some money,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.78,0:12:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're given food vouchers\Nso they can go to the local stores
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.18,0:12:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shop.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.42,0:12:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mothers are brought together\Nto cook healthy meals for the children,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.64,0:12:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and children go to school\Nevery day and are taught.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.09,0:12:15.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Afterwards, after school,\Nthey go home and they ride bikes,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.97,0:12:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hang out with friends,\Ndo homework, and explore the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.56,0:12:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the essentials for child development.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.80,0:12:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can get it right.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.41,0:12:28.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the resources to get it right.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.74,0:12:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we need is the will\Nand the insistence of Americans
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.28,0:12:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we treat children humanely.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.88,0:12:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I can't forget\NDanny or Fernando.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.34,0:12:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wonder where they are today,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.39,0:12:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I pray that they\Nare healthy and happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.60,0:12:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are only two\Nof the many children I met,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.28,0:12:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of the thousands we know about\Nwho have been in detention.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.05,0:13:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I may be saddened
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.54,0:13:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by what's happened to the children,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.94,0:13:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm inspired by them.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.25,0:13:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I may cry, as I did,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.72,0:13:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I admire those children's strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.32,0:13:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They keep alive my hope\Nand my optimism in the work I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.99,0:13:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So while we may differ\Non our approach to immigration,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.20,0:13:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should be treating children\Nwith dignity and respect.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.71,0:13:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should be treating children\Nwith dignity and respect.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.81,0:13:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should do right by them.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.09,0:13:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we do,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.72,0:13:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can prepare those children\Nwho remain in the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.22,0:13:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prepare them to become productive,\Nengaged members of our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.69,0:13:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those who will return to their\Ncountries whether voluntarily or not
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.04,0:13:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be prepared to become the teachers,\Nthe merchants, the leaders
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.58,0:13:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their country.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.37,0:13:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I hope together\Nall of those children and parents
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.46,0:13:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could give testimony to the world\Nabout the goodness of our country
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.12,0:13:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our values.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.26,0:14:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we have to get it right.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.20,0:14:08.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we can agree\Nto disagree on immigration,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.44,0:14:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I hope we can agree on one thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.56,0:14:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that none of us wants to look back\Nat this moment in our history,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.85,0:14:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we knew we were inflicting\Nlifelong trauma on children,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.93,0:14:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we sat back and did nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.86,0:14:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That would be the greatest tragedy of all.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.95,0:14:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.94,0:14:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)