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Wednesday, July 25th, 2018

Trump Administration Says Hundreds of Parents Separated From Their Children May Have Already Been Deported Without Their Kids

Author:     ELLIOT HANNON
Source:     Slate
Publication Date:     JULY 23, 2018 | 11:20 PM
Link: Trump Administration Says Hundreds of Parents Separated From Their Children May Have Already Been Deported Without Their Kids
Stephan:   Let's be very clear. Donald Trump, in his capacity as the President of the United States, authorized government authorities to kidnap children and throw their parents out of the country. Why? Ostensibly to deter Brown people from coming to the United States, as disgusting as that is. But beneath that is an even more evil predicate that no one in the government will say openly:  Brown people aren't humans and need not be accorded the respect and care to which White humans are entitled.
Yerlin Yessehia, 11, of Honduras waits with her family along the border bridge after being denied entry into the U.S. from Mexico on June 25, 2018 in Brownsville, Texas.
Yerlin Yessehia, 11, of Honduras waits with her family along the border bridge after being denied entry into the U.S. from Mexico on June 25, 2018 in Brownsville, Texas.
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We still don’t know the full extent of the damage done to thousands of undocumented families by the Trump administration’s separation policy, but we are getting a clearer picture of the absolute menace and sheer incompetence driving the White House’s immigration policy. The latest twist, revealed in a court filing Monday, is that the U.S. government believes that potentially hundreds of parents that were forcibly separated from their children have already been deported without their children.

“The Trump administration said [-] that 463 parents of migrant children are no longer present in the United States, indicating that the number of mothers and fathers potentially deported without their children during the ‘zero tolerance’ border crackdown could be far larger […]

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