Jane O'Meara Sanders visits Oak Flat & "Tent City"
At #OakFlat sacred site in AZ, potential FLOTUS @janeosanders today said she will con't to visit, work w/ Natives. pic.twitter.com/iAS9StKXxo
- Simon Moya-Smith (@SimonMoyaSmith) March 14, 2016
Click to viewWhat an honor to be invited to Oak Flat yesterday, the sacred land of the San Carlos Apache Tribe. Thank you! pic.twitter.com/9uO5JBwgt7
- Jane O'Meara Sanders (@janeosanders) March 14, 2016
Johnny Depp and I decide who wears the hat best. Hmm.. pic.twitter.com/wwAIZd0Cvw
- Jane O'Meara Sanders (@janeosanders) March 13, 2016
Joe Arpaio, the Arizona sheriff who has made national headlines for crackdowns on undocumented immigrants, has taken Bernie Sanders' wife Jane on an unexpected tour of his infamous "tent city" jail.
Arpaio, who has been branded "America's Toughest Sheriff" and who endorsed Donald Trump, turned up as the would-be FLOTUS made a visit to the makeshift extension to the Maricopa County jail.
Sanders intended to view conditions at the site through the fence, ahead of Bernie's planned rally Tuesday in Phoenix, but Arpaio showed up and invited her entourage inside.
Arpaio created the facility 20 years ago using Army surplus tents in order to address overcrowding in jails, saying it saves tax dollars at the expense of comforts usually afforded to the inmates.
He later tweeted that he invited Sanders inside to defend his tent policy, adding that he was "now waiting" for a visit from Hillary Clinton.
The American Civil Liberties Union calls conditions at the tent facility "inhumane."
Arpaio's nationally-famous crackdown on undocumented immigrants working illegally ended in 2014 when his office was found to have racially profiled Latinos in traffic stops.
Visited with Puente families and went to see tent city in Arizona today.
- Jane O'Meara Sanders (@janeosanders) March 15, 2016
Sheriff Joe Arpaio showed up unexpectedly and I asked him several questions to which he had no answers.
- Jane O'Meara Sanders (@janeosanders) March 15, 2016
I asked about racial profiling, "Papers Please," and deputizing civilians to round up undocumented people. He declined to answer.
- Jane O'Meara Sanders (@janeosanders) March 15, 2016
He admitted that the temperature in the tents were up to 130 degrees in the summer. He told me he took all meat out of the prisoner's meals.
- Jane O'Meara Sanders (@janeosanders) March 15, 2016
My meeting with Puente families was much more substantive and reflective of the harsh realities.
- Jane O'Meara Sanders (@janeosanders) March 15, 2016
Today's visits made it clear that we need real immigration and justice reform to keep families safe.
- Jane O'Meara Sanders (@janeosanders) March 15, 2016
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