If there’s one thing guaranteed to make these anchors nearly squeal in delight, it’s the suffering of others.
On Friday morning’s Fox & Friends ― the vacuous space where reason and compassion go to die ― hosts Brian Kilmeade and Ainsley Earhardt simply couldn’t control their glee when talking about jailed immigrants.
“The party is over for illegal criminals in jail,” Kilmeade said, referencing a new plan by President Donald Trump that would massively curtail protections for detained immigrants.
“Get this: They’re enjoying seven hours of outdoor activity,” Kilmeade continued. “Who gets that anymore? Fresh sheets ― I don’t get that. No need to learn English. I was born with that. But the Trump administration vowing a new plan to cut back on perks in their immigration crackdown, saying, expect a far less detailed set of regulations ― maybe even dirty sheets ― including no translation services, so learn English.”
Currently, jails must notify immigration officials if a detainee has spent two weeks or longer in solitary confinement, the New York Times reported. They must also check on suicidal inmates every 15 minutes and give daily mental health evaluations. These seemingly basic regulations could be rolled back under Trump’s new plan as a way to get local officials to open up their facilities to more prisoners.
Among the current rules, detainees also get clean clothes and sheets every day, rather than once a week. Fox & Friends seems to have a big problem with that.
“Seven hours of outdoor activity, freshly washed sheets, and absolutely no need to learn English,” Earhardt said on the show, as Media Matters pointed out. “That’s the easy life of an illegal immigrant inside American jails. But now, the Trump administration says the party is over.”
These two must be attending some pretty terrible parties. Immigrants already being detained face “widespread human rights violations,” according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
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