The Trump Administration Was Warned Separation Would Be Horrific for Children, Did It Anyway
By JEREMY STAHL JULY 31, 20185:05 PM
Sen. Richard Blumenthal asked the panelists if any of them had warned the Trump administration of how devastating the policy of splitting up families in order to prosecute all undocumented border crossings might be. It turned out, there had in fact been a dire warning of the likely consequences for the children involved.
“You told the administration that kids would suffer as a result, that pain would be inflicted, correct?” Blumenthal then asked.
“Separation of children from their parents entails significant risk of harm to children,” White responded.
“There’s no question that separation of children from parents entails significant potential for traumatic psychological injury to the child,” White responded.
Blumenthal pointed out to White that the policy was eventually launched a few weeks after this date “even though you raised concerns.”
This was a stunning confirmation from White of something that had already been apparent: There was no intention by the government to reunite these families. Not only did the government not have a plan to reunite the families, though, it was apparently told that these separations were likely to traumatize the children.
The Trump administration launched the policy anyways, and the horror that it was warned about ensued.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/07/the-trump-administration-was-warned-separation-would-be-horrific-for-children.html
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