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Congresswoman Norma Torres's op-ed last November on why Chad Wolf is unfit to lead DHS
This is worth re-upping, given his sending federal officers in camo and rented minivans to kidnap people off the streets of Portland.
As Torres points out, the most notable part of his record before his current appointment was his role in kidnapping children:
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/25/opinions/chad-wolf-acting-dhs-secretary-family-separation-torres/index.html
And yet, even among the members of Donald Trump's immigration administration, Chad Wolf is different. When confronted about his role in helping form Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy in June, Wolf denied having a role in its development, saying the direction was given through an executive order and the attorney general's policy.
But according to emails obtained by NBC, Wolf authored a memo for his boss, then-Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, in December 2017 identifying the separation of family units as a policy option, among 15 others, to deter undocumented immigration.
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"My job wasn't to determine whether it was the right or wrong policy," Wolf told members of Congress. "My job, at the time, was to ensure that the secretary had all the information."
Wolf did more than provide the secretary information, though. If he indeed authored the emails NBC obtained, he is someone who had a unique role in ultimately harming children.
If Wolf had taken one child away from his or her parents, he would be guilty of kidnapping, a felony that can carry a prison sentence that is usually 20 years or more. But Wolf didn't take one child — he played a role in taking thousands from their parents. Callously. Systematically. And in a manner that helped this president instill fear into the heart of any desperate parent who dared look to the United States as a better place for their child to grow up.
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But according to emails obtained by NBC, Wolf authored a memo for his boss, then-Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, in December 2017 identifying the separation of family units as a policy option, among 15 others, to deter undocumented immigration.
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"My job wasn't to determine whether it was the right or wrong policy," Wolf told members of Congress. "My job, at the time, was to ensure that the secretary had all the information."
Wolf did more than provide the secretary information, though. If he indeed authored the emails NBC obtained, he is someone who had a unique role in ultimately harming children.
If Wolf had taken one child away from his or her parents, he would be guilty of kidnapping, a felony that can carry a prison sentence that is usually 20 years or more. But Wolf didn't take one child — he played a role in taking thousands from their parents. Callously. Systematically. And in a manner that helped this president instill fear into the heart of any desperate parent who dared look to the United States as a better place for their child to grow up.
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Completely amoral.
The perfect tool for our amoral, illegitimate president.
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