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THE LATEST: Families Suffer Continued Trauma From Trump’s ‘Unconscionable’ Family Separation

Hundreds of children remain separated from their families because of Trump’s cruel policy. Even after families are reunited, they continue to suffer from trauma. That is why the United Nations’ human rights chief recently denounced Trump’s family separation as a human rights violation and called it “unconscionable.” Here’s the latest:

The UN’s top human rights official denounced Trump’s family separation policy as a human rights violation and called it “unconscionable.”

The Hill: “The United Nations’s new top human rights official is calling the Trump administration’s family separation policy ‘unconscionable.’ Michelle Bachelet in her first speech on Monday denounced the practice as a human rights violation.” Continue reading “THE LATEST: Families Suffer Continued Trauma From Trump’s ‘Unconscionable’ Family Separation”

Trump administration to circumvent court limits on detention of child migrants

The following article by Nick Miroff and Maria Sacchetti was posted on the Washington Post website September 6, 2018:

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen. Credit: Cliff Owen, AP

The Trump administration took the first official step Thursday toward withdrawing from a court agreement limiting the government’s ability to hold minors in immigration jails, a move that could lead to the rapid expansion of detention facilities and more time in custody for children.

The changes proposed by the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services would attempt to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, the federal consent decree that has shaped detention standards for underage migrants since 1997.

The maneuver is almost certain to land the administration back in court, while raising the odds that the government eventually could petition the Supreme Court to grant the expanded detention authority lower courts have denied.

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DNC Chair on Trump’s Proposal To Detain Children Indefinitely

DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s proposal to circumvent court limits and detain immigrant children indefinitely:

“Donald Trump’s cruelty knows no bounds. Hundreds of children remain separated from their parents because of this administration’s actions. But instead of reuniting these families, they’re working to circumvent court limits so they can keep children detained for as long as their family’s case is evaluated, a process that can take years. This is an astonishing new low in one of our nation’s darkest hours. And Republicans in Congress refuse to do anything about it.

“Enough is enough. The American people want accountability and an end to this cruelty. Democrats believe our nation’s diversity is our greatest strength, and we will continue the fight to hold Trump accountable, to reunite separated children with their families, and to fix our broken immigration system.”

Companies Say Trump Is Hurting Business by Limiting Legal Immigration

The following article by Nelson D. Schwartz and Steve Lohr was posted on the New York Times website September 2, 2018:

Rob Hurst, manager of Edgartown Commons on Martha’s Vineyard, had to scrub bathrooms this summer because 5 Jamaican workers who’d long worked at the hotel couldn’t get visas. Credit: Elizabeth Cecil, The New York Times

The Trump administration is using the country’s vast and nearly opaque immigration bureaucracy to constrict the flow of foreign workers into the United States by throwing up new roadblocks to limit legal arrivals.

The government is denying more work visas, asking applicants to provide additional information and delaying approvals more frequently than just a year earlier. Hospitals, hotels, technology companies and other businesses say they are now struggling to fill jobs with the foreign workers they need.

With foreign hires missing, the employees who remain are being forced to pick up the slack. Seasonal industries like hotels and landscaping are having to turn down customers or provide fewer services. Corporate executives worry about the long-term impact of losing talented engineers and programmers to countries like Canada that are laying out the welcome mat for skilled foreigners.

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Nearly 500 immigrant kids remain separated from parents. Most of their parents have been deported.

The following article by Addy Baird was posted on the ThinkProgress website August 31, 2018:

Twenty-two of those children are under the age of 5.

Credit: Mike Blake/Reuters

Nearly 500 migrant children are still separated from their parents, including 22 children under the age of five.

According to a government filing Thursday night, 497 of the 2,654 migrant children separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy are still being held in detention facilities, many of which have histories of abuse, mismanagement, or neglect.

The parents of 322 of those children have already been deported.

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Renegade Administration Ignores Supreme Court’s Deportation Order

The following article by Sarah Okeson was posted on the DCReport.org website August 30, 2018:

Homeland Security Department Still Won’t Tell Immigrants When or Where to Show Up in Court

The Trump administration continues to deport people in violation of a July Supreme Court ruling that some legal scholars said should have stopped almost all of the thousands of current deportation proceedings.

In an 8-1 ruling in Pereira v. Sessions, the often deeply-divided court said that deportation notices issued by immigration authorities that didn’t include the time and place for deportation proceedings couldn’t later be used to quash efforts by immigrants to remain in the United States.

“Common sense compels the conclusion that a notice that does not specify when and where to appear for a removal proceeding is not a ‘notice to appear,’ ” wrote Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

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Want to Know More About: ICE Detained Infant Death

Mika Brzezinski: “A Toddler Who Crossed The Border With Her Guatemalan Mother Seeking Asylum In This Country Died After Receiving What Is Being Reported As Inadequate Medical Care While In ICE Custody.” BRZEZINSKI: “A toddler who crossed the border with her Guatemalan mother seeking asylum in this country died after receiving what is being reported as inadequate medical care while in I.C.E. Custody according to layers for the woman. The mother and her lawyers now plan to file several lawsuits alleging negligence and inadequate medical care when they were held in detention led to the toddler’s death.” [Morning Joe, MSNBC, 8/30/18; VIDEO]

Mika Brzezinski: “The Firm Alleges At The Detention Facility She Became Sick With A Severe Respiratory Infection That Went Under-treated For Nearly A Month.” BRZEZINSKI: “A statement from the law firm representing the mother says Marie had no health problems. At the detention facility she became sick severe respiratory infection that went under-treated for nearly a month. The firm also states that the girl’s mother continually sought attention from medical staff, was prescribed medications that did not improve the child’s condition and her daughter continued to get worse.” [Morning Joe, MSNBC, 8/30/18; VIDEO]

Over 500 kids still stranded and without parents thanks to Trump

The following article by Oliver Wilis was posted on the ShareBlue.com website August 25, 2018:

Over 500 migrant children are still being held in custody by the U.S. government, and away from their parents, despite court-ordered reunification.

Credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci

At least 528 migrant children remain separated from their families, and in U.S. government shelters without their parents, despite court orders that the Trump administration reunite them.

The latest status report the government turned into the court showed that as of August 20th — almost a month after the initial deadline of July 26 — the job remains woefully unfinished.

Twenty-three of the children still being kept from their parents are under the age of 5. And 343 children are in dire circumstances because the government has deported their parents, making finding them even harder.

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1 month after court-mandated deadline, 528 immigrant families are still separated

The following article by Amanda Michelle Gomez was posted on the ThinkProgress.org website August 24, 2018:

And 23 kids under age 5 are apart from their parents.

The administration has reunited the majority of families they’ve separated, but still over 500 parents and their children remain apart, including 23 infants or toddlers, according the most recent government figures.

Credit: Diana Ofosu
CREDIT: DIANA OFOSU

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President Trump’s false claim about murders on South African farms

The following article by Salvador Rizzo was posted on the Washington Post website August 24, 2018:

I have asked Secretary of State @SecPompeo to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers. ‘South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers.’ @TuckerCarlson @FoxNews”

— President Trump, in a tweet, Aug. 22, 2018

It’s not the first time a segment on Fox News gets the president tweeting. But it’s the first time Trump claims South African farmers are being mass-murdered.

This myth was fueled by white supremacists for years before it surfaced in a presidential tweet.

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