Trump vs.The World on Detaining Migrant Children
As if Donald Trump hasn't done enough to debase our country and its values, he's stepping in another pile of dung today. It will shortly be announced that the U.S. is withdrawing from the U.N. Human Rights Council.
Trump thinks he can trample on the rights of the disenfranchised, including children.He hopes to misdirect the conversation to lay blame on Democrats. It's a con game. The carnival barker is demanding Democrats pass an immigration bill with funding for his border wall.
McClatchy reports today that data shows officials may have lost track of 6,000 children. [More...]
Trump started this fiasco with his two immigration orders in early 2017. Those orders paved the way forJefferson Sessions' announcement of a zero-tolerance policy in April. ICE statistics show that by the end of May, more than 2,000 children have been locked up without their parents.
This is not okay. This is not acceptable. Read what this Pediatricians' organization had to say about it a year ago.
Republicans will rue the day they stood behind such an inhumane policy.
In the meantime, please contribute to the ACLU and immigration rights groups who can take Trump to Court, and groups that will provide financial and other support to the families affected.
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