Thread by @voiceofsandiego

1/ News about the Trump’s administration’s policy of separating parents from their children at the border is causing widespread chaos — especially after @propublica released this audio recording:

propublica.org/article/childr…

2/ We answered some questions about the separations, and what’s happening here in San Diego. Most of the news about “zero-tolerance” and family separations has come out of Texas.

voiceofsandiego.org/topics/news/wh…

3/ The surge in separations – thousands of children in roughly two months – was a result of a “zero-tolerance” policy AG Jeff Sessions announced in April. He decided to criminally prosecute all migrants caught crossing the border illegally.

4/ It’s caused chaos in the federal courts that cover San Diego.
voiceofsandiego.org/topics/news/th…

5/ We got a hold of court docs that shed more light on the strain migrants and San Diego’s federal court system are experiencing:

voiceofsandiego.org/topics/governm…

6/ A father separated from his 5-year-old daughter at the border learned she’s being held across the country.

7/ Don’t forget to sign up for the Border Report to keep up with how all of these changes to immigration policy and enforcement are playing out in our region:

voiceofsandiego.org/category/newsl…