Maddow fears Trump migrant detention centers may be used to imprison ‘the rest of us’

MS NOW host Rachel Maddow suggested that President Trump might repurpose immigration detention centers to imprison American citizens. During an appearance on “The Daily Show,” Maddow and host Jon Stewart discussed the potential for large-scale detention without trial. Former Republican spokesperson Elizabeth Pipko criticized Maddow’s comments as an attempt to push a political narrative.

• Rachel Maddow suggested Trump could use immigration detention centers to imprison American citizens.
• Maddow and Jon Stewart discussed large detention centers potentially holding people indefinitely without trial.
• Stewart noted many detained for immigration violations are for civil issues, not serious crimes.
• Maddow believes that what is done to immigrants could eventually be done to ‘the rest of us’.
• White House spokesman Davis Ingle criticized Jon Stewart as a ‘talentless hack’ suffering from ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’.
• Elizabeth Pipko accused Maddow of conflating immigrants and illegal immigrants to push a political narrative.