This "new" policy was announced months ago. And actually started in planning a year ago. And this is their best answer for what they have done with some of the children and how they will handle reunited the children with their parents? This is happening on our country? And note... no mention of existing laws, or previous administrations. This is 100% trump...
Impact on Children.... http://www.apa.org/advocacy/immigration/separating-families-letter.pdf The current policy calls for children to be removed from their parents and placed for an often indeterminate period of time in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Decades of psychological research have determined that it is in the best interest of the child and the family to keep families together. Families fleeing their homes to seek sanctuary in the United States are already under a tremendous amount of stress.1 Sudden and unexpected family separation, such as separating families at the border, can add to that stress, leading to emotional trauma in children.2 Research also suggests that the longer that parents and children are separated, the greater the reported symptoms of anxiety and depression are for children.3 Adverse childhood experiences, such as parent-child separation, are important social determinants of mental disorders. For children, traumatic events can lead to the development of post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health disorders that can cause long lasting effects.4 Furthermore, immigration policies, such as separating families at the border, can also adversely impact those immigrants who are already in the United States. They can suffer from feelings of stigmatization, social exclusion, anger, and hopelessness, as well as fear for the future.5
It's amazing really how effective the propaganda machine is. By creating the lie over whether this is a new policy or the way it's always been done they've managed to keep most of the discussion about whether it's morally a good policy on the backburner.
Faith leaders call for an end of separation of children from parents http://www.thegardenisland.com/2018...ce-immigration-policy-sad-sinful-and-immoral/ U.S. CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the conference and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston in Texas, called the administration’s policy an effort to “erode the capacity of asylum to save lives.” “Our government has the discretion in our laws to ensure that young children are not separated from their parents and exposed to irreparable harm and trauma,” DiNardo said in a statement released earlier in the week ahead of the group’s spring conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He added, “while protecting our borders is important, we can and must do better as a government, and as a society, to find other ways to ensure that safety.” Similar sentiments were shared in panel discussions at the conference this week. J. Brian Bransfield, a priest in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and the group’s general secretary, said Wednesday that “asylum is an instrument to preserve the right to life.” He added, “separating babies from their mothers is not the answer and is immoral.” —— AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH The church’s Council of Bishops denounced the policy as “sad and sinful” on Friday and said it “shows a deep misunderstanding of the transforming truth of scripture.” “The Bible does not justify discrimination masked as racism, sexism, economic inequality, oppression or the abuse of children,” the AME bishops said in a statement. “Jesus, who was an immigrant who had to leave the place of his birth and immigrate to Egypt because of an oppressive leader and system, admonishes all that the poor, children, the elderly, widows, and widowers should have a special place of justice and compassion in every nation.” —— SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION During its annual convention in Dallas this week, the group, which has a fellowship of about 46,500 Baptist churches, passed a resolution calling for compassionate immigration policies for families. “We desire to see immigration reform include an emphasis on securing our borders and providing a pathway to legal status with appropriate restitutionary measures,” read the resolution. The resolution went on to say that “maintaining the priority of family unity” is critical to immigration reform. —— RELIGIOUS ACTION CENTER OF REFORM JUDAISM The group was among the first faith-based groups to assail the Trump administration policy. In a statement released last month, the group said “the policy of separating migrant children from their parents is unconscionable.” “Our Jewish tradition calls on us to welcome the stranger, to treat immigrants fairly, and to empathize with the widow, the stranger, and the orphan because we ourselves were strangers in the land of Egypt,” the statement said. “The inhumane treatment of migrant children and parents is a clear indication that the U.S. government has fallen far short of this standard. We all need to do better, lest this shameful chapter in our nation’s history come to define our future.” —— FRANKLIN GRAHAM The influential evangelical leader was a staunch supporter of Trump during the 2016 election. At Trump’s January 2017 inauguration Graham gave a biblical reading. Even so, he offered strong criticism of the administration’s policy. “It’s disgraceful, and it’s terrible to see families ripped apart and I don’t support that one bit,” Graham, son of the late evangelist Billy Graham, told the Christian Broadcasting Network on Tuesday. —— THE REVS. WILLIAM J. BARBER II AND LIZ THEOHARIS The two are co-chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign, a civil disobedience movement that aims to push the issue of poverty to the top of the national political agenda. The group is holding rallies nationwide this summer. Barber, a Disciples of Christ pastor from North Carolina, and Theoharis, a Presbyterian minister from New York, said in a statement Friday that Sessions’ use of Scripture is “twisting the word of God in defense of immoral practices … a tactic used to justify keeping Black people in chattel slavery, committing genocide against Native Americans and segregating people under Jim Crow.” They added, “His comments are anathema to any person of faith. And any politician who supports his position is an accessory to these crimes against children and humanity.” https://www.lionsroar.com/200-buddh...and-parents-at-us-mexico-border-in-statement/ As Western Buddhist leaders, we unreservedly condemn the recently imposed policy of separating immigrant children from their parents at the US-Mexican border. Over the past few weeks, thousands of children have been inhumanely taken from their parents by US Customs and Border Protection, in a policy that has been condemned by the United Nations and many international human rights observers. Indeed, no other country has a policy of separating families who intend to seek asylum. Whatever the legal status of those attempting to enter the US, separating children from their parents is a contravention of basic human rights. Parents seeking asylum make long, dangerous and arduous journeys in an attempt to find safety and well-being for their precious children. Ripping these vulnerable children from their parents is cruel, inhumane, and against the principles of compassion and mercy espoused by all religious traditions. From a Buddhist perspective, it is the close bond between parents and children that nurtures not only the physical well-being of children, but their psychological health and their moral formation. Separating children from their parents and holding them in detention inflicts terrible and needless trauma and stress on young children that hampers and damages their development, causing long-term damage. This policy being employed on United States soil is morally unconscionable. That such egregious actions be employed as a deterrent for families seeking entry and/or asylum in the U.S. – using the sacred bond between innocent youth and their parents – is unjustifiable on any level. We suggest that our current defenders of this policy visit some of these border crossings and child detention centers so they can experience for themselves the present effects of their decisions. It is difficult to conceive that anyone having compassion for our world’s children and their families, and who witnesses such pain and anguish for themselves could continue to uphold such a practice. As people of faith and conscience, we feel that it is important that we speak out clearly in defense of basic human rights at this time, calling for an immediate end to this heartless practice. In doing so, we join the voices of many religious leaders and congregations that have unreservedly condemned this policy of separation. This policy is a serious violation of the rights of the child and must be stopped today.
He has done this since day 1 and yes it is effective. Also, it lets people see what they want to see....... Don't feel entirely comfortable with seeing kids in cages? Well it isn't Trump's fault, it is the democrats fall for passing a law. Don't buy the democrat angle? Okay, well it is Sessions fault, not Trump's. It is classic stuff from The Prince.
***REDACTED*** I commented on this and after further review, I take it back. I have no comment and need no comment. Your words very clearly speak for themselves.
Or alternatively, don't worry about whether you feel bad for the kids, focus on the fact that the MEDIA IS LYING!!!! about Trump implementing this policy.
Not exactly related. But, this is what we all said was inevitable when Republicans launched their assault on sanctuary cities. The whole reason there are sanctuary city policies is because we don't want illegal immigrants to be afraid to report crimes. He's holding these children hostage to blackmail Congress to do his bidding. Child separation cannot be allowed as a bargaining chip. Holding DACA hostage was bad enough, this is unconscionable. **** no! Immigration does need to be fixed. By Congress. The President's job is not to torture people until Congress acts. Not only does he not get credit for taking hostages, I will never forgive him for it. It'll probably be on my short list of the things I tell my grandkids of what it was like to live under Trump. More like lipstick on a pig. Yes the immigration framework is broken and doesn't work. Yes, it was broken under Obama and Bush too. They elected to turn the engine off, essentially, and wait for Congress to fix it. Trying to enforce the law when it is so badly broken would necessarily result in the government doing bad things to people. Trump and Sessions turned the engine on and tried to make it go so they can show people how badly its broken and force Congress to come fix it. I understand the gambit. But they mowed down a bunch of people when they started the engine. And if they don't turn it off, they're going to mow down a bunch more. I'm sorry Congress is so dysfunctional that they leave this system broken for 30+ years. But, first do no harm. Leave things status quo until you can work with Congress -- it's dominated by Republicans you know -- to fix it for real. Another angle that's really annoying about this. It doesn't look like they did anything to gear up. They didn't announce zero tolerance ahead of time. They didn't expand facilities or hire more people. They are scrambling now to get the space and manpower they need to actually execute after the flood started. His command of history is right up there with his understanding of theology. Before the Final Solution, Germany was dumping train loads of Jews into Vichy France to get rid of them -- and Vichy France was dumping them back. Polish Jews were also forcibly deported to Poland before it was conquered. I can discuss with you the causes of the refugees after the child abuse has ended. I know you think it is part and parcel, but to my ears it just sounds like trying to change the subject. It might be the most unfair thing in the world that we have to deal with this problem, but it is still incumbent on us to deal with it humanely. So I don't want to talk about the why. Literally no possible cause justifies a policy of mass child separation. I don't oppose it. Maybe Sessions should have announced that he would have a no tolerance policy six months hence, and that this policy would entail child separation. He could have run a PSA campaign in originating countries so that they would know and could lay their plans accordingly instead of finding out at the border. It'd also give Congress six months to legislate some system by which mass child separation would not come to pass.
I think it's just another case of Trump setting fire and everyone scrambling. Indications are that zero tolerance and family separation as a policy was already on the way there.... I think it got accelerated and became a MUST NOW policy after Trump saw those migrants marching toward the borders on Fox and Friends and demanded immediate action to stop them. P.s. if they have done this more slowly, it would be "better" but it's still completely morally wrong and just not acceptable.
Was this or wasn't this happening in the Obama era? Either way, this border policy needs to be changed.
I've told you why like 2 times. The US has destabilized Central American governments since the 1970's and caused their governments to deal with it without reparations. Many migrants with means go to Europe and have assimilated well there. The poverty and shipment of American prison hardened criminals back to central America has only made their countries worse. MS-13 started in the American prison system.
Those sum up the b*stard very well, tony. What's missing is the 3rd cartoon showing trump behind bars in stripes, with the "fool" costumes and the horns he was blowing on the floor next to him. Oh, and Stormy outside the cell looking at the fool in a sexy pose with the caption, "Do you miss it? Enjoy your little hand."
new trump voice, delivering previous set of lies... congress's fault, not using as a deterrent... guess they figure they can get away with changing their story...
First republican indicating support for Senator Feinstein's bill to ban trump's child separation policy.
http://www.politifact.com/punditfac...ald-trumps-separation-immigrant-families-was/ It didn't. There was some child separation but it was a glitch and not a feature.
