Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #FamilySeparations
Most recents (4)
1-#MyStory- Decade of my life is lost in search of American Dream,being labor &showing excellence in 9 to 5 job,law-abiding,paying taxes, with kids close to age-out,my dreams are crushed, American dreams are JUST that dreams!
#S386IsFair #PassS386 #HR1044
#S386IsFair #PassS386 #HR1044
2-I wish i get back my 10 yrs stolen life,stolen with misinformed dual intent #h1bvisa , #greencardbacklog despite being vetted twice USCIS&US DOL,APPROVED for GC have2wait for150+yrs?
#EBGCountryCap make #NoSense my last hope is #S386 which is also being crushed by @DickDurbin
#EBGCountryCap make #NoSense my last hope is #S386 which is also being crushed by @DickDurbin
3-Not untill 4Yrs back was aware of this indentured servitude caused by #NationalityDiscrimination #ModernSlavery in a Great Nation while world is watching & laughing for its ages-old IMMG policy, adding to it, #Durbin who sabtoge #DACA #LegalImmigrants but doesn’t help in REAL
With #DemocraticDebates (esp. @JulianCastro) spotlight on abolishing criminal charges for illegal entry, my story from 2017 on the history of the law and how its use exploded under Bush (also story how I uncovered #familyseparations )
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Here is the story that resulted from that one, uncovering the El Paso family separation pilot in 2017, six months before it was announced. Also note difference in @CBP response to separating families between story 1 and 2
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And for folks who STILL say it happened under Obama and Bush too, nope. Only in rare circumstances, not as broad policy.
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Last week, Democratic attorneys general in 17 states + D.C filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing that its practice of separating families violated the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fifth Amendment.
A new motion filed Monday came with more than 900 pages of declarations that included powerful personal testimonies from parents, children and other family members who were directly impacted by the Trump policy.
.@NewsHour read through all 99 declarations and pulled 12 that offer a window into the #familyseparations at the border. Here’s some of what we found--
Oh my #LauraBush the babies, nursing infants how could @realDonaldTrump do this? Oh wait, it was 2005, who was President then? #ReuniteFamiliesNow
