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I am just appalled at how despicable our government is!
US government's progress at reuniting children with their deported parents 'unacceptable', judge rules
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-latest-family-separation-migrant-children-deported-children-unacceptable-judge-a8476926.html
As few as 12 of the 500 parents in question have been located, Judge Dana Sabraw notes
16 hours ago
A girl takes part in a protest in Chicago against the US immigration policies separating migrant families. ( AFP/Getty Images )
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Earlier this week the government proposed that non-profit groups should take the lead in locating as many as 500 parents deported or removed from the United States without their children.
But Judge Sabraw said it was it was "100 percent the responsibility of the administration" to reunite those families. He also noted that as few as 12 of the 500 parents in question have been located.
"That is just unacceptable at this point," he said. "The reality is that for every parent who is not located there will be a permanently orphaned child."
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Most of those parents are now in Guatemala or Honduras,.....................................
Non-profit groups and attorneys have been working in Central America to locate the parents. Many of them originally fled to the United States to escape widespread violence at home and immigration advocates have warned the deported parents may go into hiding to protect themselves.
Mr Gelernt said some regions in Central America were too dangerous or too remote for the non-profit workers that were searching for parents...............................
Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)that they even made this suggestion.....who are these lawyers for the govt.? They should lose their ability to ever represent anyone in the future......
MaryMagdaline
(6,856 posts)0rganism
(23,975 posts)pls fix
Raven123
(4,884 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,769 posts)Then they can turn around and sue Trump properly.
BBG
(2,556 posts)Hell, the shitbag provides plenty of proper opportunities for being sued every time he opens his yap. Or so it seems. The ACLU has never been as active or needed as now.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)kacekwl
(7,024 posts)someone to make sure the order is followed post haste.