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A district judge, responding to a lawsuit brought by the ACLU, has ordered the Trump administration to release the names of the 101 children under the age of five who have been separated from their parents. Many of the parents have already left the United States -- without their children. Yes sir, Donald Trump and his administration are all heart.
Judge orders Trump administration to share list of separated children
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-o...ated-children/
So many children taken away from their parents. We will remember this when we vote in 2018 and 2020.
Trump administration lost track of parents of 38 young migrant children
The parents of 19 young children were already deported and the whereabouts of parents of another 19 are unknown.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...border-n889301
Donald Trump, who once bragged that he would keep winning and winning, has lost another court battle.
Federal judge rules Trump administration cannot hold migrant families in long-term detention
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fe...NXfs?ocid=AMZN
Thousands of families will have a lifetime of emotional and psychological problems to deal with, thanks to Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policies. Yes sir, that Donald Trump is all heart.
As migrant families are reunited, some children don't recognize their mothers
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/as...Ubqw?ocid=AMZN
The Trump administration was forced to take down its "Welcome to America -- now go home" border signs.
Judge temporarily halts deportation of reunited families
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ju...a1VW?ocid=AMZN
Of the 2,551 children age 5 and up who were separated from their parents by the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy, fewer than half have been reunited with their families -- and that isn't the worst of it:
463 parents separated from their children may have been deported without them, court filing says
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politi...724-story.html
The immigration policies of the Trump administration are diametrically opposed to the welcoming message of the Emma Lazarus sonnet The New Colossus, which graces the Statue of Liberty. Unless you're a wealthy, white, American-born Republican, you can forget about being treated fairly by Donald Trump.
Migrants describe frigid, hungry days in 'ice boxes' and 'dog pounds'
CBS News, Jul 24 2018 10:41 AM
In exhibits filed in federal court this month, 223 migrants detained at the Mexican border this year describe "hieleras" and "perreras" -- Spanish for "ice boxes" and "dog pounds" -- nicknames for the Customs & Border Protection facilities in Texas, Arizona and California where they were initially taken after being apprehended by federal authorities. Their testimonies speak of food "not fit for consumption," overcrowding and abuse.
The statements, which were given to attorneys who interviewed detained migrants and inspected detention sites in June and July, are the latest salvo in the decades-old Flores v Reno case, which in 1997 led to national standards for facilities holding migrant children. Attorneys at the Center For Human Rights & Constitutional Law say the federal government is currently violating those standards.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/in-cour...es-dog-pounds/
These are teenagers with mental and emotional problems and, in some cases, a history of violence. The way they are being treated is likely to lead to more violence and emotional problems.
Restraint chairs and spit masks: Migrant detainees complain of abuse at detention centers
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/re...tEGB?ocid=AMZN
First, go after illegal immigrants. Then go after legal immigrants. Maybe next, Trump will go after all the Native Americans whose land we stole.
Now the Trump administration wants to limit citizenship for legal immigrants
The most significant change to legal immigration in decades could affect more than 20 million would-be citizens, say lawyers and advocates.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...grants-n897931
Trump is opposed to "chain migration" whereby American citizens can obtain green cards and eventual residency for family members from outside the United States. Trump wants to abolish chain migration. His wife's Slovenian parents just became US citizens -- by chain migration.
Melania Trump's parents become US citizens, using 'chain migration' Trump hates
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...IXiv?ocid=AMZN
Melania became a naturalized US citizen in 1988. Her parents were naturalized three days ago. Trump claims chain migration is a "disaster" that allows terrorists to enter the US and he wants it abolished. Actually, immigrants are far less likely to commit crimes and attacks than native-born Americans. Why doesn't Trump ever suggest banning native-born Americans?
Melania Trump's immigration lawyer calls President's attacks on chain migration 'unconscionable '
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...NdSy?ocid=AMZN
Immigrants can be thankful for all the many judges whose rulings serve as "checks and balances" against the xenophobic, zero-tolerance policies of the Trump administration.
Judge extends halt on deportations of separated families
The Associated Press, Aug 17 2018 2:57 PM
A federal judge has extended a freeze on deporting families separated at the US-Mexico border, giving a reprieve to hundreds of children and their parents to remain in the United States. US District Judge Dana Sabraw said in his order Thursday that "hasty" deportation of children after reunification with their parents would deprive them of their right to seek asylum. The ACLU had requested families be given at least a week. The judge's order did not specify a date for when the reprieve would end.
https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...lies/23504361/
The "zero-tolerance" immigration policy is also, sadly, a "zero-compassion" immigration policy.
ICE detains man driving pregnant wife to hospital to deliver baby
CBS News, Aug 18 2018 4:50 PM
The husband of a California woman was arrested Wednesday by Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents while he drove her to the hospital to deliver their baby. Joel Arrona was arrested in San Bernardino and remains in custody pending "removal proceedings," the federal agency said in a statement.
Arrona was driving his wife, Maria del Carmen Venegas, to the hospital for a scheduled cesarean section when they stopped to get gas. She said two ICE agents approached them and asked for identification. Venegas showed the agents her ID but her husband did not have his with him. When the couple offered to get his ID at their home nearby, Arrona was taken into custody. Venegas was left at the gas station by herself and was forced to drive herself to the hospital.
In a statement, ICE said Arrona is a Mexican citizen who has been living in the US illegally. The agency added, "ICE no longer exempts classes or categories of removable aliens from potential enforcement. All those in violation of the immigration laws may be subject to immigration arrest, detention and removal from the United States."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-det...ia-2018-08-18/
Thousands of undocumented immigrants were under 16 when they were brought to the US by their parents. In 2012, Obama established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects those young immigrants from deportation if they are in school or have completed high school. Trump tried, and failed, to end DACA in 2017. This year, eight states and two Governors filed a lawsuit in the hope of having DACA declared unconstitutional. Today a federal judge ruled against them but he said he thinks DACA is illegal. The fate of DACA will probably have to be decided by the Supreme Court.
Texas judge says he'll likely kill DACA -- but not yet
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/te...IrO7?ocid=AMZN
Trump does not like illegal immigrants. Trump also does not like legal immigrants. He's made it much harder for highly-skilled people from other countries to get work visas and an increasing number of applicants are being denied. As a result, we have a shortage of tech workers, hotel workers, medical workers and landscapers. No, Trump does not like immigrants -- although his grandfather immigrated from Bavaria, his first wife immigrated from Czechoslovakia and his third wife immigrated from Slovenia.
Companies say Trump is hurting business by limiting legal immigration
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...NxEc?ocid=AMZN
The Flores Settlement Agreement is a 1997 consent decree that protects undocumented immigrant children. Trump hates undocumented immigrants so it follows that he also hates the Flores Settlement Agreement and is seeking to nullify it.
Trump administration seeks to keep undocumented immigrant families detained indefinitely
https://ktla.com/2018/09/06/trump-ad...-indefinitely/
If Trump were honest -- which he isn't -- he would admit that he really doesn't want any immigrants coming to the United States.
Despite Trump's promise to protect them, Christian refugees struggle to enter US
Trump vowed to aid Mideast Christians but under his administration the number of Christian refugees admitted to the US has fallen more than 40%.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...-enter-n908501
As Hurricane Florence approaches the Carolinas, we learned that $10,000,000 was taken from FEMA's budget and given to ICE so more migrants could be held in detention centers -- and the number of migrant children being held is now at an all-time high: 12,800. There hasn't been an increase in the number of migrants crossing the border but fewer migrant children are being released to sponsors, parents or family members. They're being kept in detention centers here in the "land of the free."
Detention of migrant children has skyrocketed to highest levels ever
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/12/u...detention.html
Donald Trump, 2016: "I'm going to build a big beautiful wall and Mexico will pay for it." Donald Trump, 2018: "I'm going to give Mexico $20,000,000 of US taxpayers' money so they can deport illegal immigrants from Central America. Then these people won't be able to sneak into the United States where we would have to deport them." Yes sir, that Donald Trump is all heart.
US plans to pay Mexico to deport as many as 17,000 unauthorized immigrants from Central America
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/u-...fUGc?ocid=AMZN
The Trump administration's war on immigrants continues. In fiscal year 2015 (which began October 1, 2014), the United States accepted 84,995 refugees. In fiscal year 2016, the US accepted 97,000. President Obama said the US would accept 110,000 refugees in fiscal year 2017 -- but Donald Trump became President and cut the number to 45,000. That limit was maintained in fiscal year 2018. In the new fiscal year which begins October 1, 2018, the number of refugees accepted will be cut even further, to 30,000. "If Trump only had a heart..... "
US slashes number of refugees to 30,000 next year
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us...tAc2?ocid=AMZN