An @AP @frontlinepbs investigation finds that the U.S. had nearly 70,000 migrant children in custody this year, a record number at risk for trauma that can cause continuing physical and emotional problems even after reaching their families. (1/5)http://apne.ws/tilbcWN
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“There was something there that made us feel desperate. It was freedom. We wanted to be free,” said a Honduran teen held in a large detention center for four months. “There was despair everywhere.” (3/5)
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“I don’t love you Daddy, you left me alone.” A 4-year-old Honduran girl forcibly taken from her father at the border was molested during her detention. He fears their bond is forever broken. (4/5)
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The U.S. is now being sued for hundreds of millions by some families who say their children were harmed by being held in detention. Read more and watch the full documentary on
@frontlinepbs Tuesday night. (5/5) http://apne.ws/6D68GUfShow this thread
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We are a nation of immigrants and had no immigration cap until 1924 - Open up more avenues for legal immigration - Expand the asylum judicial process for expedited processing - Improve border monitoring with drones, not technology from the bronze age like a wall
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Thats better than the cages Obama had them in in 2014.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/remember-those-brutal-immigrant-detention-centers-liberals-tried-to-pin-on-trump-it-was-all-obama …
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Obama never detained *tender age* children, just unaccompanied minors. Trump has separated infants and toddlers, and even the unaccompanied minors are being detained in greater numbers and in worse conditions. https://www.factcheck.org/2019/08/falsehoods-about-family-separations-linger-online/ …
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Black childern who are citizens want the american dream too, but they are homeless and being killed by street violence. Where Is The Outrage for them ????
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