Thread by @MamurphyMaureen

If I were coming in on January 20th at 12:01 p.m to start investigating the Trump Administration's child separation atrocity, I would first ask for EVERY scrap of data available for each of the 545, and EVERY bit of intell from Latin American on deportees who had LOST a child.

https://twitter.com/MamurphyMaureen/status/1318730888599998464

2. After I had all the above data together, I would create "rows" of data for all 545, STARTING with (as known):

* First_Name
* Last_Name
* Middle_Name
* Age

Then tranche for each AGE from 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6 -9 months, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 7 to 18.

3. The reason for smaller tranches for the very young would be to customize search tactics for age and for lack of memory of parents. Also for likely connections. Up to one year, highest likelihood of ADOPTION. Tween females, concern for risk of trafficking.

On the "other end," send investigators to Latin America, gathering data on any "lost" children, build a DNA data base.

* Q. I would want to ask experts how much detail DNA could show in area of indigenous groups. Tracking regions where a group lived (cross-national).

Clearly, the "chain of custody" for these 545 was CUT, but bits and pieces of the chain may be out there. And people talk. Someone took a child from point a, to b to c, to d, to END, and I doubt there was anything like "cells" here to keep info tighly held.

END: GroupSource welcome. Anyone have any "tracking" ideas to add? Thanks.

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