It’s simple logic that everyone should be able to understand, the punishment for an alleged misdemeanor should never become an administrative nightmare where those seeking to improve their lives could end up losing their babies forever. Although #USA no longer has an open arms policy, poor people continue to migrate to richer countries like #America. Many migrants are children and some of them are not old enough, nor do they have the language capacity to defend themselves.
As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, remember the children held in US detention throughout this great nation.
POTUS zero-tolerance policy has caused chaos, with failed communication between federal agencies. https://www.apnews.com/8697f17261ed45909b6b977f2734cfa7
This past weekend in sweltering heat, in as many as 750 cities and towns, thousands marched and protested the #Trump administration’s zero tolerance immigration policies. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/us/politics/trump-protests-family-se…
In Washington, serenades by stars. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/tens-of-thousands-expected-to-desc…
From Florida to Kentucky they marched https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/06/30/families-belo…
Activism has now become a family affair https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/30/families-belong-together…
The administration announces plans to detain migrant families for months https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administra…
And in so doing it changes its position on the longstanding agreement governing the treatment of detainees https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/29/flores-agreement-immigrant-fa…
The rate of family separations increased months before the zero-tolerance policy was touted by Trump http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-port-of-entry-separations-2…
Why are immigrant toddlers appearing alone in the danger zone? https://khn.org/ODUxNDg5
For the undertrained and overworked staff running shelters for immigrant children life is heartbreaking and chaotic https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/06/workers-running-shelters-f…
ICE agents aren’t just arresting undocumented immigrants, they are detaining lawful residents over the country, for crimes whose sentences were served long ago http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lawful-resident-20180628-ht…
ICE agents, at least 19 of them, are trying to dissolve the agency https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/us/politics/ice-immigration-eliminat…
The administration appointed a new ICE director, who must now be confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/30/us/politics/vitiello-trump-ice-borde…
Hundreds of protesters were arrested over the weekend in a DC rally in opposition to ICE tactics https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/we-will-not-obey-hundreds-of-women…
Meanwhile, there is a move to dissolve ICE which continues gaining support http://thehill.com/latino/394987-dem-lawmaker-ice-has-become-a-rogue-ag…
Why are immigrant toddlers appearing alone in the danger zone? https://khn.org/ODUxNDg5
