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https://other98.com/as-a-pediatrician-im-legally-required-to-call-child-protective-services-on-the-trump-regime/As a Pediatrician Im legally required to call Child Protective Services on the Trump Regime
This is child abuse. US Feds are perpetrating terror upon children.
by Sanjeev K. Sriram, MD, MPH Sanjeev K. Sriram, MD, MPH
2 days ago
I called Child Protective Services in Washington, DC to report child abuse by the Trump regime. The law mandates that when pediatricians like me see or hear about children being abused, we report that abuse to authorities. Armed border guards are forcibly separating hundreds of immigrant children from their parents, many of whom are legally seeking asylum. In one instance, an infant was taken from a mother while breastfeeding. Another mother was forced to put her terrified toddler in a car seat and watch as border guards drove away with him. Other families are being told lies such as the guards are taking children to a nearby location for a photograph, food, clothing, and/or a shower. Then the parents are hauled to jail with zero information about if, how, or when they will be reunified with their children.
This is child abuse. The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services are perpetrating terror upon children when they forcibly remove them from their parents who are not threats to anyones safety or health.
The trauma of being separated from parents, whether by force or deceit, has devastating health consequences. As pediatricians, we know the psychological and physical damage caused by exposure to toxic stress. Human brains, hormones, and entire organ systems are put in stressful survival modes during experiences endured by so many immigrant families: out-of-control gang violence, civil war, domestic abuse, and other dangerous oppression. All of that stress is compounded by the cruelty of armed government officials removing children from the one protective factor they still have: their parents.
The still-developing minds and bodies of children are particularly vulnerable, and the damage can be irreparable. Anxiety, depression, acute stress disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder are just a few of the neurological and mental consequences. Other bodily consequences can include cardiovascular disease, increased risk of cancer, and exacerbations of pre-existing conditions like asthma and diabetes.
I am not the only doctor expressing concern. Pediatricians have visited the detention centers and shared what they witnessed. The American Academy of Pediatrics continues to advocate against policies of separation. Physicians submitted affidavits last month when the ACLU requested an injunction to reunite families and halt separations.
What made me call Child Protective Services was when I saw Attorney General Jeff Sessions grin as he had the audacity to read scripture justifying the cruelty, trauma, and abuse of immigrant children. Traumatized children and youth throughout Americas history have seen that sanctimonious smirk before. For centuries, enslaved children heard the misuse of scripture to justify their separation from parents as they were legally sold by smiling auctioneers. Federal officials grinned as Sessions did as they assimilated Native American children and gave them religious reasons for separating them from families and homelands. Japanese American children and families were given friendly sermons in internment camps. I was not there for those children, but Im here now.
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dalton99a
(81,516 posts)FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,392 posts)Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)No doubt about it.
calimary
(81,322 posts)Looks like it and sounds like it and feels like it.
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)Read this and share with local media
An online, searchable Texas database listing 100s of violations at these kiddie prisons
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210742889
spartan61
(2,091 posts)authorities when we see child abuse. Come on, Teachers, let's also contact CPS and report this abuse of the trump Administration. (The small t is not a typo. I never write his name with a capital T because I have no respect for him.)
rainin
(3,011 posts)I also won't call him President because I believe the election was stolen. Actually stolen. So, keep on. And thank you for being a teacher, a member of the greatest profession.
calimary
(81,322 posts)Hes stolen that job with direct help from an avowed hostile foreign power. That, at least to me, means his election is based on false pretenses and is therefore illegitimate. Vladimir Putin installed him in OUR White House. Put his thumb on the scale and pushed trump into OUR White House. That, right there, makes trumps claims on the presidency completely illegitimate.
That whole human cockroach infestation is in OUR White House illegitimately.
LiberalArkie
(15,719 posts)As young as these children are, they may not even know their name.
Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)even if this stops and they are allowed to reunite.
LiberalArkie
(15,719 posts)Pizzagate, anyone?
zentrum
(9,865 posts)It is child abuse. Must be reported. All pediatricians and teachers and social workers have a mandate to report.
Pauldg47
(640 posts)zentrum
(9,865 posts)Chalco
(1,308 posts)calimary
(81,322 posts)Let them put a resolution before the Security Council. And let Nikki Haley feel obliged to veto it. That can and should then be hung around her neck if and when she runs for President (because you KNOW how ambitious she is!).
Please make it so!!!
Duppers
(28,125 posts)Toorich
(391 posts).....the rethugs can profit or at least get these infants to pay for their own incarceration. I know, contract with cosmetic companies to test new products on the eyes of the kids since they can't test with rabbits anymore.
It's a win-win. The kids will look gorgeous and the rethugs will make money.
Must buy beauty supply stock immediately.
ancianita
(36,095 posts)Cha
(297,322 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)"What made me call Child Protective Services was when I saw Attorney General Jeff Sessions grin as he had the audacity to read scripture justifying the cruelty, trauma, and abuse of immigrant children. Traumatized children and youth throughout Americas history have seen that sanctimonious smirk before. "
The smirk at the misfortune of others. How fucking sick can you be. I swear. No, I can't say it. I will get banned for life.
Amaryllis
(9,524 posts)"Other families are being told lies such as the guards are taking children to a nearby location for a photograph, food, clothing, and/or a shower. Then the parents are hauled to jail with zero information about if, how, or when they will be reunified with their children."
Taking them for a shower...
inanna
(3,547 posts)Thanks for sharing this.
Recommended.
onetexan
(13,043 posts)I am so damn upset it's maddening.
IronLionZion
(45,457 posts)Those Trumpsters who think it's ok because of how these families came to our country, we don't have a difference in political opinion, we have a difference in moral character.
If we are to punish people for crimes no matter how big or how small, then it's time to take down some of these wealthy criminals who have stolen millions or billions through political favors and bribery before we punish desperate impoverished immigrant children.