Guatemalan Families Sue Trump Officials Over Family Separation

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast



Two Guatemalan families filed suit Wednesday against 12 Trump administration officials, including Jeff Sessions, John Kelly, and Kirstjen Nielsen, for violating their due-process rights and discriminating against South and Central Americans during their implementation of the president’s family-separation policy for immigrants, The Boston Globe reports. Both of the families now live in Massachusetts, and are seeking damages to start a mental-health fund for therapy. In the lawsuit, one mother claims her children were kept in a freezing room and physically abused after her family was separated. The other adult plaintiff, a father, claims his son has been besieged with nightmares after their own 36-day separation. The Globe notes the lawsuit is believed to be the first claim for compensation from the families of the more than 2,500 immigrant children who were separated from their families under the administration’s zero-tolerance policy. “This lawsuit is about holding public officials accountable for the overwhelming devastation that they wreaked,” said one of the lawyers involved in the suit.

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[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[notdarkyet]

2. Ive been waiting for this. Had to come. Hope they get all his golf money.

[lagomorph777]

7. Take it out of their personal bank accounts.

God damned racist pigs. May Trump and his cronies all burn in hell for all eternity.

[BigmanPigman]

3. I wish they all would file suits.

[SamKnause]

4. Good.

I wish them luck.

They deserve to be held accountable for their evil deeds.

[Gothmog]

5. This will be fun to watch

[steventh]

6. I wish them great success.

I hope many more do the same. I would ver much like to see severe consequences for the bad acts done by these defendants.