Geraldo Rivera Draws The Line at Tear Gassing Migrant Children

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Tear gassing migrant children - that's where conservative pundit Geraldo Rivera drew the line.

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00:00I am ashamed. This tear gas choked me.

00:04We treat these people, these economic refugees, as if they're zombies from The Walking Dead.

00:17We arrested 42 people, 8 of them were women, with children.

00:22We have to deal with this problem humanely and with compassion.

00:25These are not invaders. We are a nation of immigrants.

00:28These are desperate people. They walked 2,000 miles.

00:31Why? Because they want to rape your daughter or steal your lunch?

00:36No, because they want a job.

00:44I don't mean to be hyperbolic about it, but clearly what happened yesterday were people trying to invade our border.

00:49Would you say that someone who waves the flag of a foreign country as he rushes your border station is eligible for asylum?

00:57The activists tried to create this conflict as a way to inflame society.

01:07I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin's death as George Zimmerman was.

01:13Hip-hop has done more damage to black and brown people than racism in the last 10 years.

01:21There's a big, big hunk of the Muslim world that's 100 years behind us in terms of political sophistication.

01:28These are folks easily enraged.

01:38We have to deal with this problem humanely and with compassion.

01:41These are not invaders. We are a nation of immigrants.

01:45These are desperate people. They walked 2,000 miles.

01:48You are punishing the child, the citizen of the United States, for the sins of the child's parents, which is absolutely anathema and un-American.

01:57I am sad that my friend the President and the Republican Party are hyping that issue.

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