Rachel Maddow
ON THE RECORD · 4 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“I think that what they first do to immigrants, they want to do to the rest of us.”
Rachel Maddow · said 2026-11-09 · reported 2026-11-11
Maddow concluded that what is done to immigrants could eventually be done to non-immigrants.
“No, I'm sorry, with a president like this, if you give him seven to ten prisons around the country that hold 10,000 people each, where he can hold people without trial, without access to lawyers, indefinitely, you think he's only going to leave immigrants in there?”
Rachel Maddow · said 2026-11-09 · reported 2026-11-11
Maddow questioned whether Trump would limit use of large detention centers to immigrants only.
“Social circle stood up for itself,”
Rachel Maddow · said 2026-11-09 · reported 2026-11-11
Maddow discussed the DHS decision to cancel plans for an immigration detention center in Social Circle, Georgia, after local opposition.
“You know, people all over the country where Trump wanted to put these mega prisons, these were huge warehouses to hold people by the thousands. Places that would hold five, six, seven, ten, 14,000 people, all without trial, held indefinitely.”
Rachel Maddow · said 2026-11-09 · reported 2026-11-11
Maddow described Trump's planned large-scale immigration detention facilities as warehouses meant to hold thousands without trial.