“Hundreds of migrant children have been roused in the middle of the night in recent weeks and loaded onto buses with backpacks and snacks for a cross-country journey to their new home: a barren tent city on a sprawling patch of desert in South Texas.” https://twitter.com/davidgura/status/1046416856171642880 …
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Note that there's no new influx of children—alone or with parents—that's causing this. This five-fold increase in one year from 2,400 to 12,800 detained children is due to "a reduction in the number being released to live with families and other sponsors." https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/12/us/migrant-children-detention.html …pic.twitter.com/hA9uvBucGw
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The problem isn't lack of sufficient homes willing to step up. Open up the channels, and I and many others will take these children, or support families who have language skills or are their relatives. This country isn't lacking in compassion or resources.https://twitter.com/bettybaze/status/1046425441173671936 …
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I've worked with refugee children for years. No shortage of people who will step up for kids. *Of course* it's a thorny problem. Traumatized kids who don't yet speak English, underfunded services... But this country does not *have to* put children into camps in the desert. NOPE.
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I think the idea was to use it as a deterrent?
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Maximum performative cruelty and dehumanization. Recognizing these children and their families as people would mean accepting that they are part of this country. They are also using them as bait for undocumented relatives, and ensuring little access to legal services.
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How many have you taken in?
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