During a recent appearance on The Daily Show, Maddow told host Jon Stewart that the administration’s expanding immigration detention system should concern people far beyond those currently facing deportation.
Her remarks came during a discussion about a proposed federal detention facility in Social Circle, Georgia, that the Department of Homeland Security reportedly abandoned following opposition from local residents.
Rather than limiting her comments to the proposed facility or the administration’s immigration policies, Maddow suggested that the government’s detention infrastructure could ultimately serve a much broader purpose.
