CBS News reports:
In April, protesters outside the nation’s largest facility for unaccompanied migrant children noticed a familiar face enter the massive, fenced site in Homestead, Florida: former White House chief of staff John Kelly. Soon after, a local television station recorded footage of him riding on the back of a golf cart as he toured the grounds.
It wasn’t clear why he was there, but Friday, Caliburn International confirmed to CBS News that Kelly had joined its board of directors. Caliburn is the parent company of Comprehensive Health Services, which operates Homestead and three other shelters for unaccompanied migrant children in Texas.
—Go from private equity firm to the White House ✔️
—Preside over huge increase in child detention ✔️
—Leave gov job & *4 mo’s later* join operator of child detention center, owned by former firm ✔️John Kelly is corrupt. “Draining the swamp” was a joke.https://t.co/O8EU9KWRxZ
— RAICES (@RAICESTEXAS) May 3, 2019
John Kelly joining the board of a company operating the largest unaccompanied migrant children shelter after he oversaw the implementation of state-sanctioned kidnapping from migrant families is some sick, dystopian stuff. https://t.co/QMCL3rfZBM
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) May 3, 2019
John “You know, when I was a kid growing up, a lot of things were sacred in our country” Kelly has found a way to make money off Trump’s child-separation policy. https://t.co/2HH4tTiZhV
— Timothy Noah (@TimothyNoah1) May 3, 2019
John Kelly once dismissed concerns about family separation by saying “the children will be taken care of.” He’s now going to work for a private prison company holding the children DHS kidnapped from their families. #TellEveryVoter https://t.co/UWs5VfF4ge
— Swing Left (@swingleft) May 3, 2019
Even this administration’s revolving door takes on a new degree of cruelty and awfulness. https://t.co/9rYLbd06bS via @CBSNews
— Ned Price (@nedprice) May 3, 2019