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I’ve covered CA homelessness since joining MSNBC in 2015.

If Trump thinks rounding people up is a solution, he hasn’t been paying attention.

Start instead with housing, services and income inequality, which has forced 30K to LA streets like LiLi‘s family.
Many of you have reached out to ask how to help LiLi, Hanna and Carli and to say how moved you are by their story

I told them, so set up this GoFundMe page to raise money to help pay for basic needs and to help them move out of the RV.

They’re grateful. gofundme.com/f/7yt8dt-there…
Quick update: 24 hours after our story first aired you guys have chipped in $1,355 to help LiLi, Hanna and Carli eventually get out of their RV and into housing.

They texted me to express appreciation to all who have reached out.

You can still donate. gofundme.com/f/7yt8dt-there…
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump ignored *his administration’s evidence* thousands of Guatemalans are fleeing to US due to starvation caused by climate change fueled crop failure, which I saw myself.

Instead, he defunded aid that helps.

Watch our report for @chrislhayes.
Senior federal law enforcement official told me this about why Trump ignored CBP data:

"There is a root cause of migration. But the question presupposes that if you know there's a refugee crisis related to climate change you should do something about it." nbcnews.to/2lWKbPj
.@NBCNews asked the White House why Trump defunded foreign aid to Guatemalan farmers despite *his own CBP's evidence* starvation fueled by climate change is driving record migration to US.

No response.

I'll join @JoyAnnReid with more on @MSNBC. #AMJoy nbcnews.to/2lWKbPj
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump admin ignoring its own evidence of climate change impact on migration to US.

"Everyone knows [Stephen] Miller isn't interested in hearing about climate change," DHS official told us.

@JuliaEAinsley and I got the data.

More on @MSNBC.
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An internal report circulated to senior Homeland Security officials and obtained by @NBCNews showed migration surged from areas here in Guatemala with acute food insecurity exacerbated by climate change.

Then Trump defunded foreign aid that would help.

Next on @Morning_Joe.
Kids are starving to death in Guatemala, which is why many are leaving for the US.

With CBP’s evidence of a correlation between food insecurity and migration in hand, Trump instead defunded foreign aid in favor of stopping migrants using law enforcement. nbcnews.com/politics/immig…
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BREAKING: Trump's systematic separation of migrant families "exacerbated," according to evidence presented in just-released @OIGatHHS report, "mental health needs of children who had experienced significant trauma."

Read it here: oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oe…
@OIGatHHS A "hectic reunification process added to the trauma that children had already experienced."

@OIGatHHS says separated kids exhibited increased:

➡️ Fear
➡️ Feelings of abandonment, anxiety and loss
➡️ PTSD

Some "expressed acute grief that caused them to cry inconsolably."
@OIGatHHS Caretakers say kids didn't trust them:

"[O]ne program director noted that separated children could not distinguish facility staff from the immigration agents who separated them from their parents: 'Every single separated kid has been terrified. We’re [seen as] the enemy.'
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