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10 Oct 2020

New report on Trump child separation policy makes it clear that cruelty was always the point

In response to feigned surprise over administration actions that result in human suffering and death, critics of the Trump administration have been inclined to respond, “cruelty is the point.” In other words, policy decisions are not made despite consequences for vulnerable people; they are made with the intent to inflict hardship so as to serve administration objectives (e.g., deporting “dreamers” to fend off future illegal immigration). Nowhere is this more evident than in the immoral and un-American child separation policy.
In response to feigned surprise over administration actions that result in human suffering and death, critics of the...

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8 Aug 2020

Senate Democrats demand answers on migrant child trafficking during pandemic

A majority of Senate Democrats called Thursday for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) acting Commissioner Mark Morgan to clarify earlier testimony where he affirmed all unaccompanied minors at the border are screened for signs of child traffickin
A majority of Senate Democrats called Thursday for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) acting Commissioner Mark Morgan...
7 May 2019

Group Blasts Former Trump Chief of Staff for Joining Board of Company Housing Migrant Children

Today, following news that former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has joined the board of directors for a company operating the largest shelter for migrant children in the United States, Restore Public Trust blasted the former Trump administration official for his role pursuing anti-immigrant policies that supported family separations and a massive increase in the number of migrant children in U.S. custody.
Today, following news that former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly has joined the board of directors for a company...
5 Aug 2018

Trump administration puts burden on ACLU to find deported parents separated from children – The Washington Post

The civil liberties organization should use its "considerable resources" to locate the parents, the government argued in a court filing. The U.S. government has deported hundreds of migrant parents without their children in the aftermath of President Trump's now-defunct family separation policy. But now administration officials are arguing that it's the responsibility of the American Civil Liberties Union, not the federal government, to find those deported mothers and fathers.
The civil liberties organization should use its "considerable resources" to locate the parents, the government argued in...
3 Aug 2018

US, ACLU Divide on How to Reunify Separated Families

The Trump administration and the American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday revealed widely divergent plans on how to reunite hundreds of immigrant children with parents who have been deported since the families were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Trump administration and the American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday revealed widely divergent plans on how to...

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