So I keep seeing people buying into the administrations bullshit that this is an old “law” that needs to be fixed. First off it is not and never has been a law: politifact.com/truth-o-meter/…
Second off @TheJusticeDept announced the policy change referring all improper entry cases to DOJ: justice.gov/opa/pr/attorne…
By the way Improper Entry is a misdemeanor with civil penalties: 8 U.S. Code § 1325 - Improper entry by alien
law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/…
law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/…
The @TheJusticeDept itself even argued in a lawsuit brought by the @ACLU the splitting of families is discretionary:
Here is @KellyannePolls admitting it’s an @realDonaldTrump policy: chicagotribune.com/news/nationwor…
.@jeffsessions is trying to use the Bible to defend it: nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…
Stephen Miller was behind it: rawstory.com/2018/06/trump-…
And possibly the most infuriating of any of the examples I have in this tweer @SecNielsen denies the policy everyone else is talking about and trying to defend even exists, a bold faced lie:
Children are put in cages and traumatized: apnews.com/9794de32d39d4c…
Children are attempting suicide because of this policy: latimes.com/nation/la-na-b…
Children are being psychologically tortured by this policy: npr.org/2018/06/15/620…
This is an @realDonaldTrump @jeffsessions policy and theirs alone. The @GOP is complicit and refuses to do a god damn thing. Trump tries to blame the @TheDemocrats and say it’s on them to fix, it isn’t. It’s on him and the @GOP as they hold the majority.
The only reason he’s doing this is he’s using the torture of children to blackmail the Democrats into giving him $ for the wall. This is what Nazis started with. This is a crime against humanity. This is the @realDonaldTrump administration in action.
Here’s the policy fact sheet: dhs.gov/news/2018/06/1… 
And here is the PDF explaining their children have been taken and how to contact them: dhs.gov/publication/ne…
Actual US Gov footage of the cages:
Also this is bullshit, it deals with unaccompanied minors not families
They missed the Flores Agreement too: “The government is required to release children from immigration detention without unnecessary delay to, in order of preference, parents, other adult relatives, or licensed programs willing to accept custody.”
humanrightsfirst.org/resource/flore…
humanrightsfirst.org/resource/flore…
Meaning they should be released to parents
Asylum seekers are being detained and split as well: abcnews.go.com/Politics/democ…
And kids go hungry because they aren’t fed enough: rawstory.com/2018/06/immigr…
And probably closer to 6k kids are missing not 1500: mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-…
And here is an interview with the former head of @ICEgov where he says that hundreds of children will likely be permanently separated from their parents or lost in the system:
