I don't really have words to describe the feelings this news has left in me. It's not enough people, it's too slow, there's so much more to be done... but I am overwhelmed with joy that one of the most horrifically cruel policies in a generation is finally coming to an end.
https://twitter.com/MaxRivlinNadler/status/1362843158485241856
The Trump administration's "clever" move after the disaster of family separation was to outsource the cruelty.
No longer would CBP agents tear children from their parents' arms; they could just toss families to the wolves and let the cartels do their dirty work.
No longer would CBP agents tear children from their parents' arms; they could just toss families to the wolves and let the cartels do their dirty work.
We spent so much effort in 2019 trying to get the nation to share our outrage with what was happening with MPP.
But after family separation and "kids in cages," the externalization of the harm, out of sight of the general public, meant that the horrors never really sunk in.
But after family separation and "kids in cages," the externalization of the harm, out of sight of the general public, meant that the horrors never really sunk in.
Except for Stephen Miller, almost no one will publicly defend tearing children from their parents' arms in the name of border security.
But because MPP left the cruelty up to the cartels, it still has vigorous defenders. People will earnestly argue it "worked." But at what cost?
But because MPP left the cruelty up to the cartels, it still has vigorous defenders. People will earnestly argue it "worked." But at what cost?
I want to ask those who still defend MPP if the women who were raped repeatedly after we sent them back to Mexico were "protected." I want to force them to listen to the recordings of a man we sent to Mexico being tortured to extort his family in the US. nytimes.com/2019/12/21/us/…
Above all, I want those who defend MPP to truly reckon with what they did; destroy thousands of lives in an impossible effort to stop people from doing that most basic thing that all human beings have done since the dawn of time—seek protection for themselves and their family.
MPP was like the cruelty of a batterer, who declares that his abuse is really an act of love. It was cloaked in lies and gaslighting—and with the full force of the federal government.
But cruelty is not a strategy. Cruelty is a rot. It is a cancer. And it cannot be contained.
But cruelty is not a strategy. Cruelty is a rot. It is a cancer. And it cannot be contained.
So yes, what happened today is not enough. But it's a start. And once everyone is out of MPP, we have a chance to do better. We have a chance to acknowledge the wrongs of the past. And we have a chance to actually live up to the promises this nation has made for so long.
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