A new DOJ IG report says Trump DOJ officials pushed the “zero tolerance” immigration policy while knowing it would lead to family separations.
We obtained a Jan. 2018 DHS memo listing problems with the “pilot” program.
A “Negative impact” listed: “Permanent family separation.”
We obtained a Jan. 2018 DHS memo listing problems with the “pilot” program.
A “Negative impact” listed: “Permanent family separation.”
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1319629548686893059
Read more about the DOJ IG’s report here:
huffpost.com/entry/jeff-ses…
The 2018 memo also listed “New populations of U.S. orphans” under a section titled “problematic outcomes.”
huffpost.com/entry/jeff-ses…
The 2018 memo also listed “New populations of U.S. orphans” under a section titled “problematic outcomes.”
The memo was based on DHS Civil Rights/Civil Liberties office’s investigation of 27 of the 950 “family separation matters” the office had received since 2016.
It cited problems with:
-“inconsistent, inaccurate, or no record-keeping for all arriving family members” in DHS systems
It cited problems with:
-“inconsistent, inaccurate, or no record-keeping for all arriving family members” in DHS systems
a “lack of communication” between DHS and HHS, which is charged with caring for unaccompanied minors, leading to “family fragmentation”; and
-“problematic outcomes,” such as “nursing mothers and infants separated.”
documentcloud.org/documents/6257…
-“problematic outcomes,” such as “nursing mothers and infants separated.”
documentcloud.org/documents/6257…
Read more of what we’ve uncovered about the Trump administration’s family-separation policy here:
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1349775591302701057?s=20
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