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sabra

(30,404 posts)
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 05:54 PM Nov 2020

Lawyers can't find the parents of 666 migrant kids, a higher number than previously reported

Source: NBC News

WASHINGTON — Lawyers working to reunite migrant families separated by the Trump administration before and during its "zero tolerance" policy at the border now believe the number of separated children for whom they have not been able to find parents is 666, higher than they told a federal judge last month, according to an email obtained by NBC News.

About one third of those children were under 5 at the time of the separation, according to a source familiar with the data.

In the email, Steven Herzog, the attorney leading efforts to reunite the families, explains that the number is higher because the new group includes those "for whom the government did not provide any phone number." Previously, the lawyers said they could not find the parents of 545 children after they had tried to make contact but had been unsuccessful.

Herzog said in the email to Justice Department attorneys representing the Trump administration, "we would appreciate the government providing any available updated contact information, or other information that may be helpful in establishing contact for all 666 of these parents."

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/lawyers-can-t-find-parents-666-migrant-kids-higher-number-n1247144?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

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Lawyers can't find the parents of 666 migrant kids, a higher number than previously reported (Original Post) sabra Nov 2020 OP
And I think there are parents who can't find 300 of their kids. SharonAnn Nov 2020 #1
How heartbreaking. BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #2
The devil, you say soothsayer Nov 2020 #3
Beat me to it! Maeve Nov 2020 #5
Yes very ominous number Bev54 Nov 2020 #6
"For it is a human number..." Grokenstein Nov 2020 #8
Also the address of property Jared owns on 5th avenue. rwsanders Nov 2020 #18
tRump's toadies who carried out this illegal child separation need to pay gohuskies Nov 2020 #4
Hear, hear! BigmanPigman Nov 2020 #7
This! And confiscate their passports in case they want to escape to Lock him up. Nov 2020 #13
Agree Marthe48 Nov 2020 #14
a beastly number indeed 0rganism Nov 2020 #9
The parents are most likely on the way back here Warpy Nov 2020 #10
Child trafficking pays quite well for Trump's friends who run the camps. keithbvadu2 Nov 2020 #11
That or the stolen kids are dead . . . RVN VET71 Nov 2020 #15
Betsy Devos and Bethany Christian Services know the location of (81) sarcasmo Nov 2020 #12
Trump IS the beast. PatrickforO Nov 2020 #16
DNA!!!! The trump goons made a point of colleting it from immigrants... getagrip_already Nov 2020 #17
That was my thought. We should contact humanitarian organizations and open our embassies to anyone rwsanders Nov 2020 #19

BusyBeingBest

(8,052 posts)
2. How heartbreaking.
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 06:06 PM
Nov 2020

Cannot imagine the trauma these children have gone through at the hands of the US government.

Grokenstein

(5,722 posts)
8. "For it is a human number..."
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 08:37 PM
Nov 2020

“Let him who has understanding reckon the number of the beast, for it is a human number, its number is six hundred and sixty-six.” -- Revelations 13:18

rwsanders

(2,597 posts)
18. Also the address of property Jared owns on 5th avenue.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 12:20 AM
Nov 2020

I think that someone should shave his and Barron's head to see if it is there also.

gohuskies

(1,156 posts)
4. tRump's toadies who carried out this illegal child separation need to pay
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 06:13 PM
Nov 2020

This is one of the top 3 unforgiveable sins and crimes committed by DHS and Steven Miller/Steve Bannon. Anyone who was complicit should forfeit their jobs at the very least while the chief promulgators need to be indicted for crimes against humanity.

Warpy

(111,254 posts)
10. The parents are most likely on the way back here
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 08:59 PM
Nov 2020

desperately trying to find their children.

There was never a way to reunite these families. There were no numbers assigned, no cross referencing on paperwork, nothing, just snatch their kids to teach 'em a lesson.

This mess will likely take as much time to sort out as the stolen children in Argentina did.

keithbvadu2

(36,787 posts)
11. Child trafficking pays quite well for Trump's friends who run the camps.
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 09:08 PM
Nov 2020

Child trafficking pays quite well for Trump's friends who run the camps.

PatrickforO

(14,571 posts)
16. Trump IS the beast.
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 11:36 PM
Nov 2020

This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666. - Revelation 13:18.

I KNEW Trump was a demon.

getagrip_already

(14,742 posts)
17. DNA!!!! The trump goons made a point of colleting it from immigrants...
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 11:51 PM
Nov 2020

They violated peoples rights collecting it to prevent them from ever being able to apply for legal entry.

Kids should be traceable to their parents using it.

They can't both have it and not be able to identify families.

rwsanders

(2,597 posts)
19. That was my thought. We should contact humanitarian organizations and open our embassies to anyone
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 12:22 AM
Nov 2020

who believes that one of the children is theirs. Then pay for testing and reunification.
Problem with my idea is many of them were fleeing oppressive governments. Maybe it could be done through the churches in the area.

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