". . . it was screams."
How does this happen logistically? How did they operationally screw up like this? An immoral policy, yes. But implementation was also beyond excuse because an easy data fix could have solved the inevitable issue of reunification. A brief history. 1/
How does this happen logistically? How did they operationally screw up like this? An immoral policy, yes. But implementation was also beyond excuse because an easy data fix could have solved the inevitable issue of reunification. A brief history. 1/
https://twitter.com/itscaitlinhd/status/1318918075027197958
Customs and Border Protection at DHS documents unlawful immigrants in a database. It has different screens depending on status of detainee. One such screen was "unaccompanied minor" so an agent could put in data about those (mostly teen boys) who showed up WITHOUT A PARENT! 2/
There was no screen for separated families b/c it wasn't done, so the children were inputed as unaccompanied minors. See where this is going? That meant that there was no data entry for who the parent was, their status, identifiers, country of origin, etc., of the child/baby. 3/
That's an easy technology fix and would have allowed CBP to continue to input data as parents were processed and children/babies were processed "as a unit" rather than the children/babies processed as unaccompanied minors as if they crossed the border alone. 4/
1000s of people knew this. 100s of people could have fixed it. 10s of people could have demanded it. And at least a dozen, including Secretary Nielsen, her staff and the WH, could have stopped it because they knew what was happening. They knew the horror unfolding ahead. 5/
The policy was immoral. Implementation indefensible. A simple data input could have been constructed in hours and upgraded to the CBP portal.
545 children without their parents and " . . the screams."
Forgiveness, moving on, let history decide is not in the calculation. 6/6
545 children without their parents and " . . the screams."
Forgiveness, moving on, let history decide is not in the calculation. 6/6
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