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sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 06:09 PM Oct 2020

US border authorities have dumped 200+ Central American children unaccompanied into Mexico.

U.S. border authorities have been expelling migrant children from other countries into Mexico, violating a diplomatic agreement with Mexico and testing the limits of immigration and child welfare laws.

The expulsions, laid out in a sharply critical internal email from a senior Border Patrol official, have taken place under an aggressive border closure policy the Trump administration has said is necessary to prevent the coronavirus from spreading into the United States. But they conflict with the terms upon which the Mexican government agreed to help implement the order, which were that only Mexican children and others who had adult supervision could be pushed back into Mexico after attempting to cross the border.

The expulsions put children from countries such as Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador at risk by sending them with no accompanying adult into a country where they have no family connections. Most appear to have been put, at least at first, into the care of Mexican child welfare authorities, who oversee shelters operated by religious organizations and other private groups.




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Trump really needs a cell at the ICC. Horrific child abuse.

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US border authorities have dumped 200+ Central American children unaccompanied into Mexico. (Original Post) sunonmars Oct 2020 OP
Disgusting Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #1
This has Stephen Miller written all over it. Nevilledog Oct 2020 #2
And the MAGAts applaud luv2fly Oct 2020 #3
Migrant Children From Other Countries Are Being Expelled Into Mexico. elleng Oct 2020 #4
For those times when family separations, caging kids, and forced hysterectomies isn't enough. Efilroft Sul Oct 2020 #5
Well said. MAGAts are eating the nation's soul while cheering crimes against humanity. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2020 #6
Post removed Post removed Oct 2020 #9
+1 uponit7771 Oct 2020 #13
Despicable. And what happens to these children? I don't even want Mike 03 Oct 2020 #7
This isn't "testing the limits" of immigration and child welfare laws. crickets Oct 2020 #8
"Disposing" the evidence. C_U_L8R Oct 2020 #10
Exactly. tinrobot Oct 2020 #15
You beat me to it. Volaris Oct 2020 #21
Yes, look for lots of smoke coming from WH chimneys BannonsLiver Oct 2020 #24
This is not my country. warmfeet Oct 2020 #11
'Nuremberg' we need a new 'Nuremberg' Lock him up. Oct 2020 #17
Of all the disgusting things this administration has done... llmart Oct 2020 #12
Agree completely! pazzyanne Oct 2020 #19
I cannot get my head around the mindset that would allow someone to conclude Jarqui Oct 2020 #14
The simple answer is Stephen Miller. Enough said. nt pazzyanne Oct 2020 #20
I wonder if any of them are part of the 543 that we separated from parents before? nt Boogiemack Oct 2020 #16
This makes my blood boil Ferrets are Cool Oct 2020 #18
This needs to be front page news RFN, and some judicial accountability made. I refuse to believe c-rational Oct 2020 #22
'Nuremberg' ... We need a new 'Nuremberg Trials' redux HERE. Lock him up. Oct 2020 #23

elleng

(130,732 posts)
4. Migrant Children From Other Countries Are Being Expelled Into Mexico.
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 06:19 PM
Oct 2020

Children from Central America are being sent by the U.S. to Mexico, where they may have no family to retrieve them. An internal email said the transfers violated the government’s own policies.

U.S. border authorities have been expelling migrant children from other countries into Mexico, violating a diplomatic agreement with Mexico and testing the limits of immigration and child welfare laws.

The expulsions, laid out in a sharply critical internal email from a senior Border Patrol official, have taken place under an aggressive border closure policy the Trump administration has said is necessary to prevent the coronavirus from spreading into the United States. But they conflict with the terms upon which the Mexican government agreed to help implement the order, which were that only Mexican children and others who had adult supervision could be pushed back into Mexico after attempting to cross the border.

The expulsions put children from countries such as Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador at risk by sending them with no accompanying adult into a country where they have no family connections. Most appear to have been put, at least at first, into the care of Mexican child welfare authorities, who oversee shelters operated by religious organizations and other private groups.

The expulsions, which appear to number more than 200 over the past eight months, reflect the haphazard nature with which many of the administration’s most aggressive immigration policies have been introduced. In many cases, they have led to the shuffling of young children between U.S. government agencies and now, between the governments of countries that are not their own. For years now, the Trump administration’s handling of migrant children has left members of families separated for months on end and unable to reach one another.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/us/migrant-children-expulsions-mexico.html

Efilroft Sul

(3,578 posts)
5. For those times when family separations, caging kids, and forced hysterectomies isn't enough.
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 06:23 PM
Oct 2020

The monsters doing all this may claim they are Americans, but they are not. They are the enemy within.

Response to Hermit-The-Prog (Reply #6)

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
7. Despicable. And what happens to these children? I don't even want
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 06:31 PM
Oct 2020

to guess. Just too horrible to contemplate.

crickets

(25,952 posts)
8. This isn't "testing the limits" of immigration and child welfare laws.
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 06:35 PM
Oct 2020

It's ignoring them, along with any sense of decency. I hope someone is keeping good records of those who ordered and those performed these acts. When the time comes, "I was just following orders" will not be an acceptable defense.

C_U_L8R

(44,989 posts)
10. "Disposing" the evidence.
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 06:49 PM
Oct 2020

There's going to be a lot of paper shredding and obfuscation as the criminal magats run for cover.

Volaris

(10,266 posts)
21. You beat me to it.
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 09:05 PM
Oct 2020

'Kids? What kids?. Theres no kids...clearly the Totally Not Kid-cages are totally empty, what's the problem?'

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
11. This is not my country.
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 08:03 PM
Oct 2020

I will stay here and do everything I can to change it until it is my country.

In the mean time, lock these criminals into cages - for life. How can anyone, living here, live with this?

This is sick.

Everyone doing tRumps bidding needs a very long prison sentence - life.

llmart

(15,533 posts)
12. Of all the disgusting things this administration has done...
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 08:05 PM
Oct 2020

the treatment of the children of immigrants is what will remain with me forever. That image of the little girl with the red shoes on the cover of Time haunts me to this day.

It sickens me to even say I live in this country. That criminal squatting in our White House deserves so much more than impeachment. I will reserve my stating exactly what I think he and his enablers deserve.

That goes for the hateful wife too.

pazzyanne

(6,543 posts)
19. Agree completely!
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 08:50 PM
Oct 2020

We need stocks to come back into use. Set them up in Lafayette Square. As many as needed to accommodate all actors in this shameful border debacle.

Jarqui

(10,122 posts)
14. I cannot get my head around the mindset that would allow someone to conclude
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 08:30 PM
Oct 2020

with a decision like this.

What were they thinking?

What kind of a person would think of doing something like this to children?

Why aren't Republicans outraged?

Too many questions.

Why don't these heartless idiots just resign since they have no interest in doing the job properly or humanely?

Ferrets are Cool

(21,103 posts)
18. This makes my blood boil
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 08:50 PM
Oct 2020

I swear my blood pressure went up 10 points when reading this shit. GOD DAMN this motherfucking administration!!!!!!!!!!

c-rational

(2,589 posts)
22. This needs to be front page news RFN, and some judicial accountability made. I refuse to believe
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 09:09 PM
Oct 2020

nothing can be done. Put the Christians who voted for the dumpster front and center and let them take ownership.

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