{"id":136805,"date":"2018-06-18T19:52:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T01:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=136805"},"modified":"2018-09-05T18:11:19","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T00:11:19","slug":"were-separating-children-and-parents-with-no-idea-of-how-to-reunite-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/18\/were-separating-children-and-parents-with-no-idea-of-how-to-reunite-them.html","title":{"rendered":"We're separating children and parents — with no idea of how to reunite them"},"content":{"rendered":"

And, it seems, little intent to do so. <\/p>\n

Kid and parents aren't being tracked together except during initial handling by CBP — as they move forward, their cases are being handled by very different agencies, which don't<\/i> seem to be following such tracking … such that there are documented cases where the parents have been deported back home, and the kids are still somewhere in the US,<\/i> difficult to track down even for immigration lawyers here, let alone for parents in impoverished villages in Central America.<\/p>\n

The separation policy, especially<\/i> give that it seems to be being done mostly for publicity and to give Trump leverage in immigration debates with the Democrats, is demonstrably inhumane. That it's being bungled, or handled in such a haphazard and neglectful fashion by intent,<\/i> is unconscionable. <\/p>\n

(Dear Readers Who Decide to Say, "Well, it's the parents' fault for crossing into the US illegally," you have both missed a number of points and<\/i> are showing a lack of empathy that borders on psychopathy, and you will<\/i> be booted to the door.)<\/p>\n

(Dear Readers Who Decide to Say, "This is all the Democrats' fault for [fake historical reasons] \/ not giving in to Trump's demands," do some actual research [start with https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/was-law-separate-families-passed-1997\/<\/a>], and also consider what actions on the President's part you are justifying in his pursuit of his own political advantage.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nThe Government Has No Plan for Reuniting the Immigrant Families It Is Tearing Apart | The New Yorker<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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And, it seems, little intent to do so. Kid and parents aren't being tracked together except during initial handling by CBP — as they move forward, their cases are being handled by very different agencies, which don't seem to be following such tracking … such that there are documented cases where the parents have been … Continue reading “We're separating children and parents — with no idea of how to reunite them”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,350,17,380,740],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-civil-liberties","category-homeland-security","category-nationalism-exceptionalism","category-race-racism"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":136820,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/22\/some-researched-conclusions-about-trumps-border-policy-shenanigans.html","url_meta":{"origin":136805,"position":0},"title":"Some Researched Conclusions about Trump’s Border Policy Shenanigans","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 22-Jun-18 9:22pm","format":false,"excerpt":"A really good article here going through the Myths (Lies) being asserted as Facts by the Trump Administration. Some good, citeable fodder for other discussions on all of this. Originally shared by +Kee Hinckley: Facebook post from Michelle Martin:There is so much misinformation out there about the Trump administration's new\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":136853,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/29\/trumps-immigration-debacle-is-still-a-debacle.html","url_meta":{"origin":136805,"position":1},"title":"Trump’s Immigration Debacle is … still a debacle","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 29-Jun-18 8:42am","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Oh, he's backed off everything, hooray, on to other news!\"Not quite. 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Build that solution, prepare for it, deploy the resources for it, test it, plan the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":136831,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/24\/trump-the-chaos-bringer-strikes-again.html","url_meta":{"origin":136805,"position":4},"title":"Trump, the Chaos-Bringer, Strikes Again","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 24-Jun-18 2:19pm","format":false,"excerpt":"First, the political. There's been all the brouhaha these past few weeks about the de facto family border separation policy that the Trump Administration enacted. 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