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https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/tally-children-split-border-tops-5400-count-66516532?cid=social_fb_abcnTally of children split at border tops 5,400 in new count
U.S. immigration authorities separated more than 1,500 children from their parents at the Mexico border early in the Trump administration, the American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday, bringing the total number of children separated since July 2017 to more than 5,400.
The ACLU said the administration told its attorneys that 1,556 children were separated from July 1, 2017, to June 26, 2018, when a federal judge in San Diego ordered that children in government custody be reunited with their parents.
Children from that period can be difficult to find because the government had inadequate tracking systems. Volunteers working with the ACLU are searching for some of them and their parents by going door-to-door in Guatemala and Honduras.
Of those separated during the 12-month period, 207 were under 5, said attorney Lee Gelernt of the ACLU, which sued to stop family separation. Five were under a year old, 26 were a year old, 40 were 2 years old, 76 were 3, and 60 were 4.
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bdamomma
(63,868 posts)2naSalit
(86,646 posts)And it's tied to Epstein and Barr among others, like dotard45 and his kidz.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)How many of the kidnapped children have been sold?
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)business, and may not be able to find their parents, ever again.
Are they now American citizens? These socially and psychological damaged children will not be loving on us in 20 years, for good reason. Does anyone think that way? I know the greedy are just looking at their bank account for the daily ledger, but what about average people?
SunSeeker
(51,568 posts)spanone
(135,844 posts)It will also be America's legacy for allowing this to happen.
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)and now for the Kurds and I'm sure others.
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)hate and revenge on others, and they will seek to unleash their revenge on us.
If there is a higher power (and not him) all the wrath he has placed on other people hopefully all the evil he caused falls back on him. Evil evil vile POS.