Don’t be fooled.
Trump's answer to the outcry over his policy of separating families is to illegally and indefinitely lock up children and babies with their parents.
Trump is replacing his family separation policy with a family internment policy. 1/
Trump's answer to the outcry over his policy of separating families is to illegally and indefinitely lock up children and babies with their parents.
Trump is replacing his family separation policy with a family internment policy. 1/
This is cowardice, not strength.
Trump isn’t strong enough to admit he was wrong. He refuses to end his zero tolerance policy, and instead will replace one form of child abuse with another.
The thousands of families already separated get no help. 2/
Trump isn’t strong enough to admit he was wrong. He refuses to end his zero tolerance policy, and instead will replace one form of child abuse with another.
The thousands of families already separated get no help. 2/
Trump’s order is written with weasel-words in order to avoid guaranteeing the immediate end of barbaric family separation.
His HHS Department has confirmed that they will make no effort to reunite already separated children. 3/
His HHS Department has confirmed that they will make no effort to reunite already separated children. 3/
Trump is taking credit for changing his own cruel and incompetently managed policy after claiming only Congress had the power to do so.
And he isn’t even ending the policy for those already suffering from it. 4/
And he isn’t even ending the policy for those already suffering from it. 4/
The Trump Administration wrote this EO in such haste that they misspelled “separation” in the title.
Trump is also still criminally prosecuting all individuals at the border, regardless of legitimate asylum claims or arriving at Ports of Entry.
That has not changed. 5/
Trump is also still criminally prosecuting all individuals at the border, regardless of legitimate asylum claims or arriving at Ports of Entry.
That has not changed. 5/
Meanwhile it is 100% clear that @SecNielsen lied repeatedly to the country.
Changing this policy, as this EO does, clearly establishes that the policy existed despite Nielsen’s repeated denials.
She should resign or be fired. 6/
Changing this policy, as this EO does, clearly establishes that the policy existed despite Nielsen’s repeated denials.
She should resign or be fired. 6/
We need to restore our immigration and asylum policies to those that do not lead to serial human rights violations.
And we must remain vigilant and outraged until every family is reunited, including those of the men I spoke with yesterday. 7/
And we must remain vigilant and outraged until every family is reunited, including those of the men I spoke with yesterday. 7/
Meanwhile the House is voting on two terrible, inhumane bills drafted with architects of family separation like Stephen Miller.
Congress should put these bad, anti-family bills aside and use this moment to pass the Keep Families Together Act and the Dream Act. 8/8
Congress should put these bad, anti-family bills aside and use this moment to pass the Keep Families Together Act and the Dream Act. 8/8
