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In reply to the discussion: I am going to church tomorrow. [View all]grantcart
(53,061 posts)1) The ACLU is working on the NEW policy of Trump to separate children from their mothers.
2) the 1500 children are UNACCOMPANIED MINORS who the government released in 90% of the cases to their relatives (Brookings Institute). The ACLU and everyone connected to the "catch and release" policy that allowed these UNACCOMPANIED MINORS to be quickly reunited with relatives were quite happy until Trump removed the Temporary Protection order which gave them legal status.
That second group is among 47,000 UNACCOMPANIED MINORS (not minors that were taken from their parents) who were released with a promise to attend a court date.
Under the Obama administration virtually 100% of these unaccompanied minors showed up for their court date.
Under Trump the 320,000 who HAD TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE SERVICE orders and were here legally have lost it and now are illegal and now they have stopped going to immigration court because they no longer have protection.
AZCentral has conflated two different events, both evil in their same way. They are not missing, they are hiding, like my son in law from El Salvador from immigration courts.
You obviously didn't take the time to read the details so feel free to confuse TWO DIFFERENT EVENTS into the same story.