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"But that does not mean that the places into which we are herding tens of thousands of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers are not properly called concentration camps. Because that is precisely what they are," the board added.

The editorial also took issue with how Utah lawmakers have responded to the crisis at the southern border.

The board acknowledged that the detention facilities are in no way similar to the concentration camps Nazi Germany built for the mass slaughter of European Jews during World War II.