Good Lord! It never fails that I step away from the frey for a day and come back to something like THIS! Mind blowing! #FridayFeeling #NoFamilySeparation
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2/ This is too long to fully thread for those of you who can't get past the pay wall, but here's a little bit of the gist: "The White House is actively considering plans that could again separate parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping to reverse soaring numbers of
3/"families attempting to cross illegally into the United States, according to several administration officials with direct knowledge of the effort. One option under consideration is for the government to detain asylum-seeking families together for up to 20 days, then give
4/"parents a choice — stay in family detention with their child for months or years as their immigration case proceeds, or allow children to be taken to a government shelter so other relatives or guardians can seek custody. That option — called “binary choice” —
5/"is one of several under consideration amid the president’s frustration over border security. Senior administration officials say they are not planning to revive the chaotic forced separations carried out by the Trump administration in May and June that spawned an enormous
6/"political backlash and led to a court order to reunite families. But they feel compelled to do something, and officials say senior White House adviser Stephen Miller is advocating for tougher measures because he believes the springtime separations worked as an effective
7/"deterrent to illegal crossings. While some inside the White House and DHS are concerned about the “optics” and political blowback of renewed separations, Miller and others are determined to act, according to officials briefed on the deliberations.
8/"There have been several high-level meetings in the White House in recent weeks about the issue. The “binary choice” option is seen as one that could be tried out fairly quickly." ~excerpts, WaPo, 10/12/18
