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In reply to the discussion: The Tipping Point [View all]lunasun
(21,646 posts)29. Here is a man from may 2017
https://thegrio.com/2018/05/26/immigrant-children/
And a woman describing how children are separated then can not be found later
https://abcnews.go.com/US/inhumane-theyre-us-mothers-guatemalan-woman-separated-year/story?id=55902532
The separation of parents and children in detention is so prevalent that Murzda has heard about cases where a mother goes to take a shower and comes back to find her child is gone, the lawyer said. Murdza is no longer directly involved with Jessica's immigration case, she said.
During Jessica's time in detention, one mother from Guatemala had been separated from her son for seven days, one Honduran woman was unable to find her son, and when another mother from El Salvador was taken to see her daughter, they were unable to find the child, Jessica said.
By the time Jessica left the detention center, the children still hadn't been located she said, describing the separations as "inhumane."
In addition, the officers allegedly threw the detainees' food on the floor "as if we were dogs," Jessica stated in the declaration.
"The only food that they gave us was ham sandwiches and cookies," she said. "Some of the women were pregnant and fainted because of how crowded it was, the stress, and because there was not enough food and water."
And a woman describing how children are separated then can not be found later
https://abcnews.go.com/US/inhumane-theyre-us-mothers-guatemalan-woman-separated-year/story?id=55902532
The separation of parents and children in detention is so prevalent that Murzda has heard about cases where a mother goes to take a shower and comes back to find her child is gone, the lawyer said. Murdza is no longer directly involved with Jessica's immigration case, she said.
During Jessica's time in detention, one mother from Guatemala had been separated from her son for seven days, one Honduran woman was unable to find her son, and when another mother from El Salvador was taken to see her daughter, they were unable to find the child, Jessica said.
By the time Jessica left the detention center, the children still hadn't been located she said, describing the separations as "inhumane."
In addition, the officers allegedly threw the detainees' food on the floor "as if we were dogs," Jessica stated in the declaration.
"The only food that they gave us was ham sandwiches and cookies," she said. "Some of the women were pregnant and fainted because of how crowded it was, the stress, and because there was not enough food and water."
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I read one story of a woman who was sent back on a plane to Guatemala without her young son
lunasun
Jun 2018
#27
Some of those excuses for supporting trump are as weak as the right wing excuse....
George II
Jun 2018
#13
Republicscums will rue this day and this policy. Retribution will be swift, brutal and efficient.
Pepsidog
Jun 2018
#15
Oh I'll just take it to the next level: If you voted Republican in the past as well as for Trump
YOHABLO
Jun 2018
#22
After reading many FaceBook comments and posts from his supporters (& my hearing my neighbors talk),
C Moon
Jun 2018
#24
Yes, they are Fascist Assholes. That is an especially nasty abhorrent species of zombies.
olegramps
Jun 2018
#46
"It's not that I hate Jews, it's just that the Nazis gave me a contract pulling gold fillings"
yurbud
Jun 2018
#32
Any republicans supporting Trump in his kidnapping and abuse of children are 'good germans'
workinclasszero
Jun 2018
#39
I don't know at this stage if they dropped them from 1000 feet or so I would be upset.
olegramps
Jun 2018
#47
After Trump (the era I long for earnestly...BC...AD...AT), there will be a reckoning...
Moostache
Jun 2018
#48
I doubt this disgusting child abuse will turn as many Trump supporters as it should.
LudwigPastorius
Jun 2018
#61