Only 364 Migrant Kids Out of 2,500+ Have Been Reunited With Parents

[babylonsister]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/only-364-migrant-kids-out-of-2500-have-been-reunited-with-parents

1. NOT GOOD ENOUGH
an hour ago
Only 364 Migrant Kids Out of 2,500+ Have Been Reunited With Parents
Mike Blake / Reuters

Only 364 of more than 2,500 migrant children separated from their parents at the U.S. border with Mexico have been reunited—just one week away from a court-ordered deadline. In a court filing late Thursday, the Trump administration also revealed that of 1,607 parents eligible to be reunited with their children, 719 have final orders of deportation, meaning they may be removed from the country as soon as they are reunited with their children. Those parents would then face the unimaginable choice between bringing their child back to a potentially dangerous country or leaving them behind in the care of the Trump government. “That’s a pretty horrifying statistic,” said Lindsay Toczylowski, executive director of the Immigrant Defenders Law Center, of the 719 figure. “We have had such limited communication with parents it was difficult to know where they were in their case.” She added that number was “way higher than I thought,” and said lawyers would need to make contact with reunited families to advise them on potential legal avenues to stay.

[malaise]

1. I hope the judge imposes serious penalties if they don't meet that deadline

Lock them up!

[bronxiteforever]

2. This +100000

[Zoonart]

7. THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[uponit7771]

11. +1, what they have done is depraved

[Squinch]

3. Kick. It is being done in our names. We are monsters.

[secondwind]

4. I worry about the babies and toddlers.

DeVos has many of them in her clutches. Many of these shelters are run by Evangelicals. Those little babies that were hustled off to Grand Rapids in the dead of night may never see their families again.

They will be placed in “good Christian homes”.

[Achilleaze]

5. republicans are destroying families

screw them and their lies about republican "family values." Just another deceitful crock of republican shit.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. I thought a judge was stopping deportation of reunited families.

https://thinkprogress.org/federal-judge-issues-stay-on-deportations-of-reunited-families-f1025a683823/

[Stuart G]

8. Very sad....k and r ....no text

[Hekate]

9. The evil bastards never intended to give them back, just extract maximum pain. nt

[disndat]

10. Elizabeth Holtzman if right.

Separating children from parents is kidnapping. Keep up the drumbeat.

[riversedge]

12. k for visibility