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Since there are some who are misinformed, here is some further facts about the family separation program under 45* :
By mid-2017 in El Paso, Texas, the administration had begun its “pilot program,” forcing any adult who crossed the border without permission – a misdemeanor for a first-time offender – into detention. The administration ripped their children from their arms and charged some of them with crimes. By the end of 2017, the administration was separating families along the length of the southern border, including those who lawfully presented themselves to authorities at ports of entry.
Family separation accelerated with the announcement of the “zero tolerance” policy on April 7, 2018. Under this policy, everyone crossing the border – even those seeking asylum – was treated like a criminal. The government took away their children, claiming that they were subject to prosecution. Even families lawfully presenting themselves at ports of entry continued to be separated.
Under the family separation policy and even in 2017, asylum seekers were imprisoned, and accompanying children under 18 were handed over to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which scattered them among more than 100 Office of Refugee Resettlement shelters and other care arrangement centers across the country. Making matters worse, the government failed to create a reunification system, leaving parents unable to reunite with – or even track – their children.
As the policy went into full swing, advocates fiercely criticized the administration, declaring that the policy was “torturing people.” Former First Lady Laura Bush called the practices “cruel” and “immoral.”
But it wasn’t until June 15, 2018, that DHS publicly acknowledged it had separated nearly 2,000 children from their parents or legal guardians between April 19 and May 31 of that year. This number – which did not account for the thousands separated prior to April 19 – would continue to rise.
Doubling down
In the months following Trump’s order claiming to end the policy, family separations continued – but under other, more clandestine, practices.
By July 2018, parents were directed to choose between leaving the U.S. with their children or pursuing their claims for asylum in the U.S. without their children. That same month, Judge Sabraw noted that at least 463 separated parents may have been removed from the United States without their children.
also:
the official government count of children separated from parents or guardians since 2017 was reported to be 4,368. By February, the administration had separated at least 1,142 additional children from parents at the border since the policy’s “end.” And by mid-May, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement began forcing parents and their children to separate, or risk being detained together indefinitely
Amnesty International later reported that CBP had separated 6,022 “family units” between April 19, 2018, and August 15, 2018 – a much higher number than previously reported by the U.S. government. During that time, children were languishing in tent cities on the border, or were locked behind bars in family detention centers without their parents or guardians.
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2020...rs-after-trump-administration-claims-it-ended
By mid-2017 in El Paso, Texas, the administration had begun its “pilot program,” forcing any adult who crossed the border without permission – a misdemeanor for a first-time offender – into detention. The administration ripped their children from their arms and charged some of them with crimes. By the end of 2017, the administration was separating families along the length of the southern border, including those who lawfully presented themselves to authorities at ports of entry.
Family separation accelerated with the announcement of the “zero tolerance” policy on April 7, 2018. Under this policy, everyone crossing the border – even those seeking asylum – was treated like a criminal. The government took away their children, claiming that they were subject to prosecution. Even families lawfully presenting themselves at ports of entry continued to be separated.
Under the family separation policy and even in 2017, asylum seekers were imprisoned, and accompanying children under 18 were handed over to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which scattered them among more than 100 Office of Refugee Resettlement shelters and other care arrangement centers across the country. Making matters worse, the government failed to create a reunification system, leaving parents unable to reunite with – or even track – their children.
As the policy went into full swing, advocates fiercely criticized the administration, declaring that the policy was “torturing people.” Former First Lady Laura Bush called the practices “cruel” and “immoral.”
But it wasn’t until June 15, 2018, that DHS publicly acknowledged it had separated nearly 2,000 children from their parents or legal guardians between April 19 and May 31 of that year. This number – which did not account for the thousands separated prior to April 19 – would continue to rise.
Doubling down
In the months following Trump’s order claiming to end the policy, family separations continued – but under other, more clandestine, practices.
By July 2018, parents were directed to choose between leaving the U.S. with their children or pursuing their claims for asylum in the U.S. without their children. That same month, Judge Sabraw noted that at least 463 separated parents may have been removed from the United States without their children.
also:
the official government count of children separated from parents or guardians since 2017 was reported to be 4,368. By February, the administration had separated at least 1,142 additional children from parents at the border since the policy’s “end.” And by mid-May, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement began forcing parents and their children to separate, or risk being detained together indefinitely
Amnesty International later reported that CBP had separated 6,022 “family units” between April 19, 2018, and August 15, 2018 – a much higher number than previously reported by the U.S. government. During that time, children were languishing in tent cities on the border, or were locked behind bars in family detention centers without their parents or guardians.
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2020...rs-after-trump-administration-claims-it-ended
