1/ ICE has been getting information from scared immigrant kids *in detention* - and using it to find and deport their relatives.
*This* is the disastrous and entirely foreseeable result
nytimes.com/2018/09/12/us/…
*This* is the disastrous and entirely foreseeable result
nytimes.com/2018/09/12/us/…
2/ When a child is detained, they're asked:
"Do you have any other close family members who live in the U.S.?"
...and then:
"Immigration status?"
Kids are smart. They *know* that if they give up that information, they put their family in danger.
From @ValeriaLuiselli (2014):
"Do you have any other close family members who live in the U.S.?"
...and then:
"Immigration status?"
Kids are smart. They *know* that if they give up that information, they put their family in danger.
From @ValeriaLuiselli (2014):
3/ Officials promised that if families came forward to take in those kids, they wouldn't be targeted.
Then, last summer, advocates realized the kids were right. ICE *was* using that data to find and deport their families.
From @SupportKIND:
supportkind.org/wp-content/upl…
Then, last summer, advocates realized the kids were right. ICE *was* using that data to find and deport their families.
From @SupportKIND:
supportkind.org/wp-content/upl…
4/ "Oscar" was 7 when his dad was murdered and his mother left him.
He came to this country. His uncle took him in.
ICE came for his uncle.
He came to this country. His uncle took him in.
ICE came for his uncle.
5/ "Leon" and "Jorge's" mom lived in the U.S. A gang broke into their house and assaulted them.
They came here to be with their mom.
ICE then deported her.
They came here to be with their mom.
ICE then deported her.
6/ This was happening under the radar.
Then, in May, Trump DHS took off the mask and openly declared that it *would* use information obtained from kids *in detention* - who give that information to try to be with their family again - to find and deport that family.
Then, in May, Trump DHS took off the mask and openly declared that it *would* use information obtained from kids *in detention* - who give that information to try to be with their family again - to find and deport that family.
7/ It gets worse. Not only is ICE reserving the right to deport sponsors who step forward to take care of kids...
...it's also saying that, *before* that child is released, *every adult in the sponsor's house needs to be fingerprinted*
...it's also saying that, *before* that child is released, *every adult in the sponsor's house needs to be fingerprinted*
8/ In July, @LegalAidJustice sued to stop this. This policy was scaring sponsors away -- and keeping kids in detention for longer. justice4all.org/wp-content/upl…
The policy hasn't changed.
The policy hasn't changed.
9/ The next time you hear abstractions on "privacy" and "use restrictions," think about the terrified 7 year old who in government detention and just wants to be with his uncle - and the choice he has to make.
Yes, this has happened before. slate.com/articles/techn…
Yes, this has happened before. slate.com/articles/techn…
