'We Need to Take Away Children,' No Matter How Young, Justice Dept. Officials Said
Source: The New York Times
The five U.S. attorneys along the border with Mexico, including three appointed by President Trump, recoiled in May 2018 against an order to prosecute all illegal immigrants even if it meant separating children from their parents. They told top Justice Department officials they were deeply concerned about the childrens welfare.
But the attorney general at the time, Jeff Sessions, made it clear what Mr. Trump wanted on a conference call later that afternoon, according to a two-year inquiry by the Justice Departments inspector general into Mr. Trumps zero tolerance family separation policy.
We need to take away children, Mr. Sessions told the prosecutors, according to participants notes. One added in shorthand: If care about kids, dont bring them in. Wont give amnesty to people with kids.
Rod J. Rosenstein, then the deputy attorney general, went even further in a second call about a week later, telling the five prosecutors that it did not matter how young the children were. He said that government lawyers should not have refused to prosecute two cases simply because the children were barely more than infants.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/us/politics/family-separation-border-immigration-jeff-sessions-rod-rosenstein.html
bullimiami
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(3,012 posts)The same is true for many who served under GW Bush.
Mr.Bill
(24,368 posts)There is well established precedent that they can be held there for decades without charges even being brought against them.
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(5,451 posts)No punishment will be too great. Justice is waiting for them, and then karma will get its turn.