Funding isn't the problem

https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/homeland-security/389022-whatever-isnt-an-option-for-immigrant-children

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[3 year old] Jose and thousands of children like him are the faces, names and stories impacted by recent actions taken by the Trump administration to reduce the number of families and children crossing the southern border. These policies include “referring 100 percent of illegal Southwest Border crossings to the Department of Justice for prosecution,” as Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a recent speech. These “zero tolerance” measures mean that more parents will end up in criminal jails while their children are placed into group homes or foster care.

John Kelly acknowledged in a recent interview with NPR that family separation “could be a tough deterrent” to illegal immigration. In that same interview, the White House chief of staff argued that it wasn’t cruel and heartless to take children like Jose away from their parents because, “The children will be taken care of – put into foster care or whatever.”

Community organizations like Bethany stand ready to help these children find loving, temporary foster homes. We were disturbed, however, to learn what Kelly meant when he said “whatever”—and it isn’t what is best for children.

Citing an email sent to staff at the Pentagon, the Washington Post recently revealed that the Trump administration is preparing to hold immigrant children at military bases. Unaccompanied immigrant children or children who have been separated from their parents by the government could be housed at four military bases currently being reviewed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Being ripped away from parents is already a significant trauma for children. Staff at Bethany and the foster families we partner with are picking up the pieces caused by distressing separations every day. The trauma will only be compounded by placements outside of a loving home.

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https://twitter.com/HeatherWeaverDC/status/1141522155747905541

Heather Lynn Weaver @ HeatherWeaverDC

ATTENTION: The party that coined the term "death panels" in an effort to sink the ACA kindly asks that you stop referring to their immigrant detention camps as "concentration camps."

6:44 PM - 19 Jun 2019

Yup. Trump's people want the freedom to break international law, to cage children and parents, to not have any process for keeping track of thousands of children separated from their parents, and all the rest. They don't care.

(sigh)

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #429,476 by drook 6/19/19 10:55:15 PM 6/19/19 10:55:31 PM Reply	Funding isn't the problem You're right that there's no funding, but that's intentional. They want to make it so horrible that people stop coming. -- Drew Edited by drook June 19, 2019, 10:55:31 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #429,478 by Another Scott 6/19/19 11:30:21 PM 6/19/19 11:30:21 PM Reply	Yup. https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/homeland-security/389022-whatever-isnt-an-option-for-immigrant-children [...] [3 year old] Jose and thousands of children like him are the faces, names and stories impacted by recent actions taken by the Trump administration to reduce the number of families and children crossing the southern border. These policies include “referring 100 percent of illegal Southwest Border crossings to the Department of Justice for prosecution,” as Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a recent speech. These “zero tolerance” measures mean that more parents will end up in criminal jails while their children are placed into group homes or foster care. John Kelly acknowledged in a recent interview with NPR that family separation “could be a tough deterrent” to illegal immigration. In that same interview, the White House chief of staff argued that it wasn’t cruel and heartless to take children like Jose away from their parents because, “The children will be taken care of – put into foster care or whatever.” Community organizations like Bethany stand ready to help these children find loving, temporary foster homes. We were disturbed, however, to learn what Kelly meant when he said “whatever”—and it isn’t what is best for children. Citing an email sent to staff at the Pentagon, the Washington Post recently revealed that the Trump administration is preparing to hold immigrant children at military bases. Unaccompanied immigrant children or children who have been separated from their parents by the government could be housed at four military bases currently being reviewed by the Department of Health and Human Services. Being ripped away from parents is already a significant trauma for children. Staff at Bethany and the foster families we partner with are picking up the pieces caused by distressing separations every day. The trauma will only be compounded by placements outside of a loving home. [...] https://twitter.com/HeatherWeaverDC/status/1141522155747905541 Heather Lynn Weaver @ HeatherWeaverDC ATTENTION: The party that coined the term "death panels" in an effort to sink the ACA kindly asks that you stop referring to their immigrant detention camps as "concentration camps." 6:44 PM - 19 Jun 2019 Yup. Trump's people want the freedom to break international law, to cage children and parents, to not have any process for keeping track of thousands of children separated from their parents, and all the rest. They don't care. (sigh) Cheers, Scott.
Post #429,480 by Ashton 6/20/19 5:03:19 AM 6/20/19 5:03:19 AM Reply	So then.. what are Your (personal) Odds? re "a dis-US Election being held" in 11/2020? Perhaps we can agree that: ALL the unicorns have been slaughtered, publicly. 17 months left for (whatever artifice-equivalent of?) The Reichstag Fire, say.
Post #429,483 by TB D 6/20/19 5:27:57 AM 6/20/19 5:27:57 AM Reply	Re: Funding isn't the problem Cannot happen. These people are refugees because the USA broke their governments. We broke it, we bought it.
Post #429,502 by Ashton 6/20/19 5:43:20 PM 6/20/19 5:43:20 PM Reply	¡Precísamente! amigo! ¡Que lastima!--ongoing, as the chickens come home to Roost (if roasted first)
Post #429,508 by boxley 6/20/19 11:26:34 PM 6/20/19 11:26:34 PM Reply	eh? the admin is not the problem so you are saying the dems by blocking funding think that will stop people coming? At least 5 asks were done this past year and $one was denied by the congress. Dont give me any wall crap either. There was distinct asks for funding for space, denied by pelosi et al "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman

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