[I]n the same area where these great beasts live, someone had the primitive and perverse idea to build a prison ... for immigrants in the United States without documentation.
It is ... the moment American presidents tell the world that 'the United States stands unequivocally against this barbaric act' and then go on to commit the most violent forms of torture known to mankind.
The legacy of brutal mass torture and abuse that the U.S. has presided over in the years following the 9/11 attacks did irrevocable damage to its standing in the world.