Thread by @PeaceNikki

Pay attention. This isn’t what he wants us to think it is. Here's how a lawyer summed up 45's EO:

Trump has indicated that he will be signing an EO today to stop separating families when they initially cross the border. While this is movement in the right direction... 1/

DO NOT BE FOOLED by what this does. Here are the facts thus far:

1. Families will not be immediately separated, but they will be held in detention together.
2. Crossing the border “illegally” will no longer be deemed a civil violation, it will be deemed a criminal violation. 2/

3. Because it is a criminal violation the parents will be charged criminally. At that point, children will be forcibly taken.

4. The EO will provide a provision that families will be expedited through the criminal process. The removal of their children will be *expedited"
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There is still a need for the Tent Cities. There will still be Tender Age Facilities. This serves as optics for Trump to claim he is not ripping families apart. He is. The GOP are. They are just hiding in in the fine print.

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Understand this is a result of the pressure we and others have exerted. WE made this change. But this is not a solution. He anticipates this will temper our moral outrage. Do not let it. This is not close to enough. This is not a victory for those families crossing the border. 5/

No Justice, No Peace.
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