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Little Star

(17,055 posts)
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 06:44 PM Jul 2018

They're charging $700 per child per night. This is state-sponsored kidnapping...

Bethany Christian Services, an adoption center with financial ties to [Education Secretary] Betsy DeVos, has taken 81 immigrant children who were forcibly separated from their parents at the border. Most have had no contact with their families. They’re charging $700 per child per night. This isn’t foster care, this is state-sponsored kidnapping.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/06/26/bethany-christian-services-family-separation-betsy-devos/

Despicable!!!



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They're charging $700 per child per night. This is state-sponsored kidnapping... (Original Post) Little Star Jul 2018 OP
At those prices they should be getting BigmanPigman Jul 2018 #1
We could keep them in a Marriott Hotel cheaper. sinkingfeeling Jul 2018 #2
It's planned racketeering malaise Jul 2018 #3
Yep not fooled Jul 2018 #19
Making sure they get some malaise Jul 2018 #20
That is outrageous. nt Blue_true Jul 2018 #4
WE THE TAXPAYERS are paying $700/child per night for Trump's kidnapping/trafficking scam. n/t CousinIT Jul 2018 #5
Our tax dollars hard at work vlyons Jul 2018 #6
Republican Jesus says it's ok to put children and babies in cages. keithbvadu2 Jul 2018 #12
For the Bible tells me so keithbvadu2 Jul 2018 #13
Snopes could not verify or disprove that figure, Hortensis Jul 2018 #7
My local dem party posted a video of a woman being reunited with her little girl (6-7 maybe?) CrispyQ Jul 2018 #8
They're using this to launder money for Russia again, IMO. n/t Greybnk48 Jul 2018 #9
Great point, and no doubt true. C Moon Jul 2018 #11
Churches brokering babies? Mopar151 Jul 2018 #10
Another cash grab. Surprise surpise. JDC Jul 2018 #14
That helps explain why people would do this to other humans. joshcryer Jul 2018 #15
$5/day with ankle bracelets for 99.6% show up in court. Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2018 #16
Here's the contact info for Bethany Christian Services FakeNoose Jul 2018 #17
OUR MISSION & OUR HEART IS FOR MONEY $$$$$$ appalachiablue Jul 2018 #21
always follow the money. somebody is making money. pansypoo53219 Jul 2018 #18
K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Jul 2018 #22

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
1. At those prices they should be getting
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 06:57 PM
Jul 2018

terry robes and fine room service, unless they are staying at a tRump affiliated roach trap (but only THE BEST roaches and lice no doubt). I knew there was a huge money making vein to this Miller/ Nazi abduction scheme.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
19. Yep
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 08:39 PM
Jul 2018

where are all the "fiscally responsible" pukes protesting this funneling of taxpayer $$$$$ into crony pockets?

keithbvadu2

(36,747 posts)
12. Republican Jesus says it's ok to put children and babies in cages.
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 07:57 PM
Jul 2018

Republican Jesus says it's ok to put children and babies in cages.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
7. Snopes could not verify or disprove that figure,
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 07:21 PM
Jul 2018

which is part of the story they're investigating.

But eye on the crime always. First, rescuing the children. Then finding out just what kind of riches are being reaped from government contracts trafficking in kidnapped children.

CrispyQ

(36,446 posts)
8. My local dem party posted a video of a woman being reunited with her little girl (6-7 maybe?)
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 07:27 PM
Jul 2018

They said they had been separated for 55 days. That would be $38,500.

BTW, it was absolutely gut wrenching to watch this reunion. For two months this little girl wondered if she'd ever see her mother again. This is on all of us if we can't stop it. You can find it on Jake Tapper's FB page, The Lead:

https://www.facebook.com/theleadcnn/?hc_ref=ARQCi7b9zq1Drf5nWBKGnMgXe1cUb2mb2vzbVxmALqdQLSqcvuAf3xPHOJNiw8XidxM&fref=nf

Scroll down.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,988 posts)
16. $5/day with ankle bracelets for 99.6% show up in court.
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 08:28 PM
Jul 2018

But the Trump Child Abductions is more profitable on the front end ($770 / day) and the back end: adoption agencies will make a killing.

FakeNoose

(32,620 posts)
17. Here's the contact info for Bethany Christian Services
Sat Jul 7, 2018, 08:28 PM
Jul 2018

(link) https://www.bethany.org/about-us



Grand Rapids, Michigan / tel # 800-238-4269

These guys have received many large donations from the DeVos family foundation since 2001, according to Snopes. DeVos family members have served on the executive board, and Brian DeVos (cousin of Betsy DeVos' husband) served as executive vice president as recently as 2015.

I certainly hope that media reporters in western Michigan are contacting this organization and finding out what the hell is going on there. People had better be answering their questions too.

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