Trump Justice Dep't to federal court on Thurs: #FamilyDetention deters future migrants, just look at our statistics.
Professor @adambcox and me: Actually your statistics prove the exact opposite (and the policy is unethical)
justsecurity.org/58354/detentio…
#FamilySeparation
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Professor @adambcox and me: Actually your statistics prove the exact opposite (and the policy is unethical)
justsecurity.org/58354/detentio…
#FamilySeparation
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Full picture with ALL the official data shows "devastating evidence" government’s claim is false. The federal court's putting a stop to #FamilyDetention in 2015 had no proven effect on migration rate.
Upshot: Trump-Stephen Miller policy wouldn't even achieve their stated goal 2/
Upshot: Trump-Stephen Miller policy wouldn't even achieve their stated goal 2/
Trump Justice Department cited in its brief to the court—three times—a 2015 declaration from an ICE official.
That declaration was discredited in prior court proceedings.
One expert: "offer no valid or reliable empirical"
Another expert: "unreliable and invalid" 3/
That declaration was discredited in prior court proceedings.
One expert: "offer no valid or reliable empirical"
Another expert: "unreliable and invalid" 3/
We also discuss deep ethical problems of #FamilySeparation #FamilyDetention.
"If [a big if] the Trump policy actually worked to deter migration, the policy would end up punishing the most legitimate asylum seekers, the people fleeing the most horror."
#KeepFamiliesTogether 4/4
"If [a big if] the Trump policy actually worked to deter migration, the policy would end up punishing the most legitimate asylum seekers, the people fleeing the most horror."
#KeepFamiliesTogether 4/4
