Immigration
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.
Senate Democrats demand answers on migrant child trafficking during pandemic
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.
Thousands of migrant children could be released under newly relaxed Trump policy
More than 200 migrant children still in US custody
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.