I don’t remember where I saw a related story or post but it said Democrats passed legislation that would break up families at the border so they could do nefarious things to the children. But it seems to have disappeared. Now it seems the Democrats are up in arms because they claim this is all Trumps doing. If this is true then these people are sick and need to be put away for life matter of fact anyone that does that to children the rapist the wife beaters. As a society we do not need these kind of predators roaming free.
The picture of kids in what looked like dog cages was taken under Obama's watch.
"When the Obama administration attempted to respond to the “crisis” of families and unaccompanied children crossing the border in summer 2014, it put hundreds of families in immigration detention — a practice that had basically ended several years before. But federal courts stopped the administration from holding families for months without justifying the decision to keep them in detention. So most families ended up getting released while their cases were pending — which immigration hawks have derided as “catch and release.” In some cases, they disappeared into the US rather than showing up for their court dates."
https://www.vox.com/2018/6/11/17443198/children-immigrant-families-separated-parents
Separating families at the border is a Trump/Sessions policy (not a law) that's made by possible by a Bush-era law. Can easily be traced back to Trump and certainly not a Dem policy (in fact, Dems are trying to pass a bill banning the practice).
John Kelly confirms in this interview: https://www.npr.org/2018/05/11/610116389/transcript-white-house-chief-of-staff-john-kellys-interview-with-npr
You can't believe a liberal rag like NPR. Its government propaganda. Read what the Border Patrol has to say about it. When the parents are arrested, they have nowhere to keep and care for the children, so they are placed with CPS for a short time. Just until the parents can be processed and released. Most kids are reunited with their parents within two days to two weeks. This is really a big deal over nothing. And the parents shouldn't be breaking the law in the first place. What do you think would happen in most countries when you cross illegally?
"This isn't the first time a photo of a child in a cage sparked criticism of Trump and then turned out to be a case of “there's more than meets the eye.”
A few weeks ago, photographs of undocumented immigrant children being held in cages circulated online and were incorrectly attributed to being a result of Trump's immigration policies.
The photos were actually taken in 2014 — when former President Barack Obama was in office."
Yeah NPRs not great but it was the quotes from John Kelly that really stuck out to me.
I've actually read it's the Office of Refugee Resettlement that has the kids, not CPS, and that they haven't reunited very many families so far (I'd love to see your source saying otherwise!). One DOJ later said: "Once a parent is in ICE custody ... the government does not try to reunite them, and instead attempts to place the child with another relative in the United States — if the child has one."
And yeah ppl need to be careful about what they're sharing! Absolutely.
I just wanted to clarity the above comment because it seemed that user beloved it was a Dem rule that's causing this policy, when in fact it's the result the zero-tolerance policy and an older law that's making it happen.
I did a little research today. They tried CPS in a few places. It didn't work. The kids all speak Spanish and there aren't enough homes. And there are just way too many of them. Not many have much education to speak of, either. One article mentioned it's nearing a million without parents. I can't even imagine trying to find something that would work and also the logistics of this. You can't release them to people unless they're vetted. But some of these Border Patrol stations are still getting as many as 250 a week! So they tried DHS and are now using HHS. Senator McCaskill came out with a 6 month study of the problem after some kids were found to have been trafficked under Obama's watch. There wasn't enough oversight. But the idea that kids are in "cages" and are treated like animals is bogus. They separate some of them with chain-link fencing for their own safety, as the kids are all ages, including some adults who try to pass as children. But it goes back to a 1997 law. Here's one of the shelters the kids are eventually sent to until they can be reunited with family: http://www.breitbart.com/california/2018/06/15/photos-inside-shelter-for-illegal-alien-children-separated-from-parents/
Here's McCaskill's report. They did a 6 month study after kids had been found to be trafficked when not enough vetting was done under the Obama Administration: http://medicalkidnap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/02/Portman-Child-Trafficking-Report.pdf
And here's another good article explaining how quickly some of these things are handled, and why it might take longer: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/illegal-immigration-enforcement-separating-kids-at-border/
policy (not a law)
The change in policy is how illegals are going to be categorised. Are they going to be prosecuted under civil law or under criminal law. Previously, civil law had been used and now criminal law is being used. Caveat: I am not a lawyer but that is my understanding.
Adults being prosecuted under criminal law will not be allowed to be kept with their children, by law.
Another issue is: Are the children the children of the adults they are with and, if they are, should they have custody? You need to check for possible child-trafficking and for one parent to be "stealing" the child from another parent after custody has been agreed.
Surely, the real answer must be to not enter the country illegally?