Wow. Do read this. It's a clear picture of how the "no tolerance" policy works out in real life on the ground. https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/whats-really-happening-asylum-seeking-families-separated/ …
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(Had to stop and cry for a minute here.) (There are many days when I, a 48-year-old not in crisis, cannot remember my parents' birth dates.)
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But, wait, doesn't the government give the children a number or a wristband or something? Well, yes, but...pic.twitter.com/BAZKpnfvSc
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The process, if you can call it that, of separating children from their parents includes everything from direct threats to telling the parent the child needs a bath and then never returning the child.pic.twitter.com/l4TbooNeB6
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Oh, and about those cages and people "not being treated like animals." The immigrants call Ursula, the detention center at McCallum, TX, "La Perrera," because it reminds them of a dog pound.pic.twitter.com/fjhPSFrcbD
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The current system is in such chaos and expanding so rapidly that even the attorneys and non-profits trying to help don't have a clear idea of it as a whole, or how the pieces fit together.pic.twitter.com/DXdAlZfwV6
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It seems pretty clear that Sessions, Miller and Trump didn't stop to think what would happen when they handed down their decree. (The woman being interviewed states that things ramped up dramatically after Sessions' May announcement.) Or simply didn't care.
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Or were planning on using the ensuing chaos as a cover to produce as much pain and terror as possible. Take your pick.
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One reason children are staying longer in the detention centers is that ORR and DHS are sharing information. So if there's anyone in the household without documentation, taking in a child means a higher risk of a raid. The child then goes back to the detention center.pic.twitter.com/J1idR6WmB9
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"TM: And if the child is 5, and alone... AC: Or three or four. They’re young in our Houston detention centers. And that’s where these attorneys are frustrated—they can’t be attorneys. How do they talk and try to console and communicate with a 5 y,o..."pic.twitter.com/C3zy7lbeDs
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The woman being interviewed here is Anne Chandler, Executive Director of the Tahirih Justice Center and head of the Children's Border Project. You can support her work here: https://www.tahirih.org/give/
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P.S. Of course it's McAllen, TX not whatever the hell got emo-typoed/autocorrected up there. Sorry, McAllen.
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