The US was holding immigrant 2,400 kids in May of 2017
Now they are detaining 12,800.
Thats more than a 500% increase, and the highest level ever.
nyti.ms/2Nat9tC
Now they are detaining 12,800.
Thats more than a 500% increase, and the highest level ever.
nyti.ms/2Nat9tC
Lesson: Trump admin goal of signaling harsh policies has backfired disastrously. Kids keep coming. Those policies are, however, discouraging relatives of friends from coming forward to sponsor those kids. So we end up with more kid jails. 2/
The costs of Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy:
*Moral stain of jailing children indefinitely
*A financial cost of up to $750 per day
*The damage being done to those children
Whatever your position on immigration is, you can't just wish those costs away.
*Moral stain of jailing children indefinitely
*A financial cost of up to $750 per day
*The damage being done to those children
Whatever your position on immigration is, you can't just wish those costs away.
If you thought things could not be worse, the Trump admin is always ready to defy expectations
