Separated Families at the U.S. Border/Detained Children
Building a wall between Mexico and the U.S. to stop or limit illegal immigration
in the U.S. was one of, if not the most important issue of Donald Trump’s 2016
presidential campaign. He told the U.S. people that Mexico would pay for the
wall, but that has not happened. Illegal immigration across the U.S. and Mexico
border is the lowest it has been in years. Trump claims that the illegal
immigrants are smuggling drugs and people across the border, that many are
criminals and some may be good people. The facts are that many coming
illegally into the U.S. are families with small children to escape poverty,
drug cartels and gangs in order to pursue a better life. Even though there are
laws to prevent children being separated from their parents and detained,
Trump and Jeff Sessions, former U.S. Attorney General, created a zero tolerance
immigration policy. Children have been separated from their parents, some
kept in fence-like cages, some sent to nearby asylum centers and others sent
to foster homes as far away as New York state. By March 2019 there were still
tens of thousands of children separated from their parents, several have even
died due to unaddressed medical issues.
in the U.S. was one of, if not the most important issue of Donald Trump’s 2016
presidential campaign. He told the U.S. people that Mexico would pay for the
wall, but that has not happened. Illegal immigration across the U.S. and Mexico
border is the lowest it has been in years. Trump claims that the illegal
immigrants are smuggling drugs and people across the border, that many are
criminals and some may be good people. The facts are that many coming
illegally into the U.S. are families with small children to escape poverty,
drug cartels and gangs in order to pursue a better life. Even though there are
laws to prevent children being separated from their parents and detained,
Trump and Jeff Sessions, former U.S. Attorney General, created a zero tolerance
immigration policy. Children have been separated from their parents, some
kept in fence-like cages, some sent to nearby asylum centers and others sent
to foster homes as far away as New York state. By March 2019 there were still
tens of thousands of children separated from their parents, several have even
died due to unaddressed medical issues.
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| Desperate |
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| Uncomfortable |
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| Rebellion |
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| Why |
Links:
Video: Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen defended the Trump administration's
policy of separating immigrant children from their families.
policy of separating immigrant children from their families.
Video: The Trump administration insists that separating families is not a policy, but a
requirement of enforcing the law to prosecute adults who cross the border illegally.
requirement of enforcing the law to prosecute adults who cross the border illegally.
Article: Many people disagree with the separation policy and the detention. More than 200
institutions sign a statement in support of children and families seeking refuge in the
United States.
institutions sign a statement in support of children and families seeking refuge in the
United States.
Video & Article: Trump signs executive order to end separation of immigrant families on
June 20, 2018.
June 20, 2018.
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