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lovemydogs

(575 posts)
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:09 AM Jun 2018

This is What Happens to the Kids Taken From Parents at the Border

This morning on C-span's Washington Journal the guest, Sarah Pierce from the Migrant Policy Institute, a non partisan Study Group, is on to discuss the crisis of Trump's policy of separating the kids from parents at the border.

She said the parents are automatically put into the custody of the Federal Authorities and within days are taken to a mass trial at court. Then the parents are immediately sent back to the country they came from - without being reunited with their kids.

The kids are effectively kidnapped and made orphans by Trump's Government.

Eventually they are either sent to live with sponsors - family member here in the country or put into foster care.

Many family members will not come because the Trump Administration will finger print them and send those prints to Homeland Security, given to ICE.

So we have babies and toddlers kidnapped from their parents and made orphans and dumped into the foster care system.

We have traumatized kids who the workers are not allowed to comfort or touch left in limbo for months only to be 'lost' in a system while the parents in another country are helpless and do not know what happened to their children.

This is our America today

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This is What Happens to the Kids Taken From Parents at the Border (Original Post) lovemydogs Jun 2018 OP
What is the immigration status of the kids? PJMcK Jun 2018 #1
She did not say what happens long term lovemydogs Jun 2018 #3
The entire Trump administration should resign in shame C_U_L8R Jun 2018 #2
agreed lovemydogs Jun 2018 #4
Think of how many future "clients" for the Prison Industrial Complex this will generate... Wounded Bear Jun 2018 #5
How many of the babies and toddlers will become psychopathic? lovemydogs Jun 2018 #7
the youngest children will probably be adopted? AlexSFCA Jun 2018 #6
I don't know what will happen to them eventually lovemydogs Jun 2018 #11
"How to turn innocent children into psychopaths," Ilsa Jun 2018 #8
Isn't that the truth. Corgigal Jun 2018 #10
Wow. I didn't know that about the Unabomber. Thanks for the info. nt Ilsa Jun 2018 #14
I'll try to find the article. Corgigal Jun 2018 #15
I'm looking for it also. nt Ilsa Jun 2018 #16
Bout him being 9 months old Corgigal Jun 2018 #17
Here iis one: Ilsa Jun 2018 #18
Great, Corgigal Jun 2018 #19
I started a thread: No touching! How a deprived amygdala... nt Ilsa Jun 2018 #20
exactly lovemydogs Jun 2018 #12
Here's more detail SHRED Jun 2018 #9
Thanks! How sad for these kids lovemydogs Jun 2018 #13

PJMcK

(22,056 posts)
1. What is the immigration status of the kids?
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:12 AM
Jun 2018

If Trump's administration keeps these immigrant children in the U.S., what becomes of them?

This policy is bad in so many ways but the treatment of these young people is abhorrent.

lovemydogs

(575 posts)
3. She did not say what happens long term
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:14 AM
Jun 2018

I don't think anyone knows.

Except the parents are deported while the kids are lost into our system eventually.

C_U_L8R

(45,021 posts)
2. The entire Trump administration should resign in shame
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:12 AM
Jun 2018

and then they should be arrested. This is so wrong.

Wounded Bear

(58,728 posts)
5. Think of how many future "clients" for the Prison Industrial Complex this will generate...
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:16 AM
Jun 2018

Have to support our most successful industry since the 90's.

lovemydogs

(575 posts)
7. How many of the babies and toddlers will become psychopathic?
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:26 AM
Jun 2018

Children before the age of 3 who are not loved, bonded to the parent will develop psychopathic tendencies.

AlexSFCA

(6,139 posts)
6. the youngest children will probably be adopted?
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:25 AM
Jun 2018

that would grant them permanent status here I assume. As a parent, if I imagine myself escaping a war zone with my child then I want the child to have a shot at life even if we are separated. I don’t want my child to be sent with me back into war zone where we both will likely get killed?
Terryfing. But if this is the case, we may expect MORE families trying to cross no less! This isn’t a deterrent but a mass scale children traffiking. And it is all justified to them with a bible, adopting a child gives them the moral high ground. The unintended consequences to our country will be astronomical inclusing economy.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
10. Isn't that the truth.
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:29 AM
Jun 2018

Or terrorist. I remember read about the Uni-bomber, who had a medical emergency and the doctor told his parents not to touch him for a month. Mother said, he was never the same.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
17. Bout him being 9 months old
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 10:11 AM
Jun 2018

in the hospital due to an allergy. How he was pinned to a bed, this was 1943 I think. Went to the hospital a few times.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
19. Great,
Wed Jun 20, 2018, 10:19 AM
Jun 2018

Thank you. Now we think of the children being held in baby jail now.

Damn, are we making a stew of dysfunction, and we know better now.

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