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babylonsister

(171,066 posts)
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 11:43 AM Jun 2018

As a Pediatrician I'm legally required to call Child Protective Services on the Trump Regime

https://other98.com/as-a-pediatrician-im-legally-required-to-call-child-protective-services-on-the-trump-regime/

As a Pediatrician I’m legally required to call Child Protective Services on the Trump Regime
This is child abuse. US Feds are perpetrating terror upon children.
by Sanjeev K. Sriram, MD, MPH Sanjeev K. Sriram, MD, MPH
2 days ago


I called Child Protective Services in Washington, DC to report child abuse by the Trump regime. The law mandates that when pediatricians like me see or hear about children being abused, we report that abuse to authorities. Armed border guards are forcibly separating hundreds of immigrant children from their parents, many of whom are legally seeking asylum. In one instance, an infant was taken from a mother while breastfeeding. Another mother was forced to put her terrified toddler in a car seat and watch as border guards drove away with him. Other families are being told lies such as the guards are taking children to a nearby location for a photograph, food, clothing, and/or a shower. Then the parents are hauled to jail with zero information about if, how, or when they will be reunified with their children.

This is child abuse. The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services are perpetrating terror upon children when they forcibly remove them from their parents who are not threats to anyone’s safety or health.

The trauma of being separated from parents, whether by force or deceit, has devastating health consequences. As pediatricians, we know the psychological and physical damage caused by exposure to toxic stress. Human brains, hormones, and entire organ systems are put in stressful survival modes during experiences endured by so many immigrant families: out-of-control gang violence, civil war, domestic abuse, and other dangerous oppression. All of that stress is compounded by the cruelty of armed government officials removing children from the one protective factor they still have: their parents.

The still-developing minds and bodies of children are particularly vulnerable, and the damage can be irreparable. Anxiety, depression, acute stress disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder are just a few of the neurological and mental consequences. Other bodily consequences can include cardiovascular disease, increased risk of cancer, and exacerbations of pre-existing conditions like asthma and diabetes.

I am not the only doctor expressing concern. Pediatricians have visited the detention centers and shared what they witnessed. The American Academy of Pediatrics continues to advocate against policies of separation. Physicians submitted affidavits last month when the ACLU requested an injunction to reunite families and halt separations.

What made me call Child Protective Services was when I saw Attorney General Jeff Sessions grin as he had the audacity to read scripture justifying the cruelty, trauma, and abuse of immigrant children. Traumatized children and youth throughout America’s history have seen that sanctimonious smirk before. For centuries, enslaved children heard the misuse of scripture to justify their separation from parents as they were legally sold by smiling auctioneers. Federal officials grinned as Sessions did as they “assimilated” Native American children and gave them “religious” reasons for separating them from families and homelands. Japanese American children and families were given friendly sermons in internment camps. I was not there for those children, but I’m here now.

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As a Pediatrician I'm legally required to call Child Protective Services on the Trump Regime (Original Post) babylonsister Jun 2018 OP
Kick dalton99a Jun 2018 #1
Absolutely, it's the patriotic thing to do FakeNoose Jun 2018 #2
Omg. That cartoon Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #5
I hope pediatricians in the states where these concentration camps are located are calling CPS. mnhtnbb Jun 2018 #3
Kick Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #4
"This is child abuse." workinclasszero Jun 2018 #6
Sure seems like it to me. calimary Jun 2018 #14
Texas is where these kidnapped kids are housed. online database lists 100s violations OhNo-Really Jun 2018 #25
Teachers are also required to notify spartan61 Jun 2018 #7
I always use a small t. No one calls me on it here because I guess everyone gets it. rainin Jun 2018 #9
I can't call him "President" either. Because he isn't. calimary Jun 2018 #15
Are they tagging the children with their parents names and the Childs name? LiberalArkie Jun 2018 #8
Been wondering the same. This is ripe for losing the ability to find the parents again Amaryllis Jun 2018 #23
The Conservatives have always had the ability to blame others for what they themselves are doing. LiberalArkie Jun 2018 #28
This must happen nationwide. zentrum Jun 2018 #10
Yes ...lets all do this ...call that community in Texas. Pauldg47 Jun 2018 #13
You bet. zentrum Jun 2018 #18
Call the U.N. nt Chalco Jun 2018 #11
That's a good idea. calimary Jun 2018 #16
K & R Duppers Jun 2018 #12
There must be some way .... Toorich Jun 2018 #17
Every single professional in social services must followed mandatory reporter law. Lawyers? ACLU? ancianita Jun 2018 #19
Yes, you and all the other peditricians in America.. Thank You! Cha Jun 2018 #20
This just enrages me to no end! smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #21
Sounding more and more like Nazis... Amaryllis Jun 2018 #22
Incredibly powerful piece. inanna Jun 2018 #24
the crazed federal government must be SUED onetexan Jun 2018 #26
Their immigration status shouldn't matter IronLionZion Jun 2018 #27

OhNo-Really

(3,985 posts)
25. Texas is where these kidnapped kids are housed. online database lists 100s violations
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 10:04 PM
Jun 2018

Read this and share with local media

An online, searchable Texas database listing 100s of violations at these kiddie prisons

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210742889

spartan61

(2,091 posts)
7. Teachers are also required to notify
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 12:27 PM
Jun 2018

authorities when we see child abuse. Come on, Teachers, let's also contact CPS and report this abuse of the trump Administration. (The small t is not a typo. I never write his name with a capital T because I have no respect for him.)

rainin

(3,011 posts)
9. I always use a small t. No one calls me on it here because I guess everyone gets it.
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 01:00 PM
Jun 2018

I also won't call him President because I believe the election was stolen. Actually stolen. So, keep on. And thank you for being a teacher, a member of the greatest profession.

calimary

(81,267 posts)
15. I can't call him "President" either. Because he isn't.
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 01:53 PM
Jun 2018

He’s stolen that job with direct help from an avowed hostile foreign power. That, at least to me, means his “election” is based on false pretenses and is therefore illegitimate. Vladimir Putin installed him in OUR White House. Put his thumb on the scale and pushed trump into OUR White House. That, right there, makes trump’s claims on the presidency completely illegitimate.

That whole human cockroach infestation is in OUR White House illegitimately.

LiberalArkie

(15,715 posts)
8. Are they tagging the children with their parents names and the Childs name?
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 12:27 PM
Jun 2018

As young as these children are, they may not even know their name.

Amaryllis

(9,524 posts)
23. Been wondering the same. This is ripe for losing the ability to find the parents again
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 08:21 PM
Jun 2018

even if this stops and they are allowed to reunite.

LiberalArkie

(15,715 posts)
28. The Conservatives have always had the ability to blame others for what they themselves are doing.
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 03:56 PM
Jun 2018

Pizzagate, anyone?

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
10. This must happen nationwide.
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 01:09 PM
Jun 2018

It is child abuse. Must be reported. All pediatricians and teachers and social workers have a mandate to report.

calimary

(81,267 posts)
16. That's a good idea.
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 01:59 PM
Jun 2018

Let them put a resolution before the Security Council. And let Nikki Haley feel obliged to veto it. That can and should then be hung around her neck if and when she runs for President (because you KNOW how ambitious she is!).

Please make it so!!!

Toorich

(391 posts)
17. There must be some way ....
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 02:24 PM
Jun 2018

.....the rethugs can profit or at least get these infants to pay for their own incarceration. I know, contract with cosmetic companies to test new products on the eyes of the kids since they can't test with rabbits anymore.
It's a win-win. The kids will look gorgeous and the rethugs will make money.
Must buy beauty supply stock immediately.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
21. This just enrages me to no end!
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 05:45 PM
Jun 2018

"What made me call Child Protective Services was when I saw Attorney General Jeff Sessions grin as he had the audacity to read scripture justifying the cruelty, trauma, and abuse of immigrant children. Traumatized children and youth throughout America’s history have seen that sanctimonious smirk before. "

The smirk at the misfortune of others. How fucking sick can you be. I swear. No, I can't say it. I will get banned for life.

Amaryllis

(9,524 posts)
22. Sounding more and more like Nazis...
Sun Jun 17, 2018, 08:17 PM
Jun 2018

"Other families are being told lies such as the guards are taking children to a nearby location for a photograph, food, clothing, and/or a shower. Then the parents are hauled to jail with zero information about if, how, or when they will be reunified with their children."
Taking them for a shower...

IronLionZion

(45,446 posts)
27. Their immigration status shouldn't matter
Mon Jun 18, 2018, 09:03 AM
Jun 2018

Those Trumpsters who think it's ok because of how these families came to our country, we don't have a difference in political opinion, we have a difference in moral character.

If we are to punish people for crimes no matter how big or how small, then it's time to take down some of these wealthy criminals who have stolen millions or billions through political favors and bribery before we punish desperate impoverished immigrant children.

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