Tag: Trump immigration policy
Trump administration may seek to detain migrant families longer than previously allowed
The following article by Devlin Barrett was posted on the Washington Post website June 29, 2018:
(Zoeann Murphy/The Washington Post)
The Trump administration plans to detain migrant families together in custody rather than release them, according to a new court filing that suggests such detentions could last longer than the 20 days envisioned by a court settlement.
“The government will not separate families but detain families together during the pendency of immigration proceedings when they are apprehended at or between ports of entry,” Justice Department lawyers wrote in a legal notice to a federal judge in California who has been overseeing long-running litigation about the detention of undocumented immigrants. Continue reading “Trump administration may seek to detain migrant families longer than previously allowed”
Trump Administration Continues Cruel Family Separation Policy
The deadline to reunite young children with their families came and went last week as the Trump administration continues to make abundantly clear that they have no plan to end the family separation crisis. This is simply unacceptable. Families belong together, and Democrats won’t rest until President Trump ends his cruel attacks on immigrant families. See more below:
For parents who were separated from their children, the pain can be unbearable and irreparable:
Los Angeles Times: “While some children were placed with parents Tuesday, many more families remain separated, not knowing when they would see one another again. Continue reading “Trump Administration Continues Cruel Family Separation Policy”
Trump’s Executive Order Rewards Private Prison Campaign Donors
The following article by Sharita Gruber was posted on the Center for American Progress website June 28, 2018:
In April, the Trump administration launched a zero-tolerance immigration policy that subjects everyone who crosses the border without prior authorization to possible criminal prosecution. This policy applies even to people who have a legal right to enter in pursuit of asylum. So far, the policy has separated more than 2,500 children from their parents, who are either waiting for a criminal hearing or have already been deported. This punishment is a disproportionately cruel response to mostly misdemeanor charges and largely meted out to people exercising their legal right to seek asylum.
In response to public outrage over his policy, President Donald Trump issued an executive order on June 20 stating that it is the policy of this administration “to maintain family unity, including by detaining alien families together.” Imprisoning entire families is not an appropriate or a viable solution; it is inhumane, ineffective, and unnecessary. Yet the administration has proposed giving billions of federal taxpayer dollars to for-profit companies to implement this immoral policy. Continue reading “Trump’s Executive Order Rewards Private Prison Campaign Donors”
Study: ‘Several Hundred’ Parents Deported Without Their Children in April
The following article by Spencer Ackerman was posted on the Daily Beast website June 28, 2018:
“Several hundred” undocumented parents appear to have been deported without their children in April 2018 alone, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) sponsored by Syracuse University. Breaking down newly acquired Border Patrol data, TRAC found that only 851 children out of 5,144 arrested in April have been deported, contrasting with 1,060 deportations of the 4,537 undocumented adults arrested that month. (Some children cross the border unaccompanied by their parents.) April 2018 was the month Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy that included family separations. Major questions remain about the scope and location of children separated from their families by the Trump administration. The Daily Beast has asked the Department of Homeland Security for a response to the TRAC analysis and will update this post if it receives any.
Trump advocates depriving undocumented immigrants of due-process rights
The following article by Philip Rucker and David Weigel was posted on the Washington Post website June 25, 2018:
Turned away at the border and prosecuted for crossing illegally, Central American asylum seekers are feeling the brunt of Trump’s new ‘zero tolerance’ policy. (Jon Gerberg /The Washington Post)
President Trump on Sunday explicitly advocated for depriving undocumented immigrants of their due-process rights, arguing that people who cross the border into the United States illegally are invaders and must immediately be deported without trial or an appearance before a judge.
Trump’s attack on the judicial system sowed more confusion as lawmakers struggle to reach consensus on immigration legislation and as federal agencies scramble to reunite thousands of migrant children and their parents who were separated at the border under an administration policy that the president abruptly reversed last week. Continue reading “Trump advocates depriving undocumented immigrants of due-process rights”
Former Trump adviser: Family separations ‘terrible optics’ for the administration
The following article by Mary Tyler March was posted on the Hill website June 24, 2018:
President Trump‘s former homeland security adviser, Tom Bossert, said on Sunday that the past week was filled with “terrible optics” for the White House — something that, he said, could have been avoided.
“This week has just been gripping imagery and terrible optics for the administration,” Bossert said on ABC’s “This Week.” “Part of this was avoidable.”
“This week has just been gripping imagery and terrible optics for the administration,” Bossert said on ABC’s “This Week.” “Part of this was avoidable.” Continue reading “Former Trump adviser: Family separations ‘terrible optics’ for the administration”
The government accidentally just admitted it separated 3,300 immigrant kids from their families
The following article by Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani was posted on the ThinkProgress website June 22, 2018:
This is a lot more kids than we thought.
The U.S. government accidentally just admitted it separated more than 3,000 immigrant kids from their families.
In a statement to CNN’s Nick Valencia on Friday, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said that it has reunited “approximately 500 children (over 15%) with their parents who had been referred for prosecution for illegal entry.” Continue reading “The government accidentally just admitted it separated 3,300 immigrant kids from their families”
Still digging: Jeff Sessions says Trump administration ‘never really intended’ to separate families
The following article by Aaron Blake was posted on the Washington Post website June 21, 2018:
The Trump administration said that family separation wasn’t its policy and that it couldn’t fix the problem itself. Then it gave lie to all of that by reversing the policy.
You would think it would stop barking up this tree, but you’d be wrong.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, in a new interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, seems to double down on the idea that this was never the intent — although he spoke about separating families a full six weeks ago and even described it as a deterrent to potential future illegal immigration. Continue reading “Still digging: Jeff Sessions says Trump administration ‘never really intended’ to separate families”
3 lessons from Trump’s immigration fiasco
The following article by Aaron Blake was posted on the Washington Post website June 22, 2018:
Twenty-four hours after President Trump signed an executive order reversing his policy of separating families who immigrated illegally at the border, the shards are still being reassembled.
We still don’t know what’s happening with the 2,300 children already separated from their parents. Congress on Thursday failed to pass the first of two immigration bills — and a vote on the second one was postponed until next week. And U.S. Customs and Border Patrol now says it will stop referring parents for prosecution, while the Justice Department says prosecutions will continue under its zero-tolerance policy. Put simply: It’s a mess.
Below are three lessons we can take away. Continue reading “3 lessons from Trump’s immigration fiasco”