Maryland Attorney General Frosh to sue Trump administration over treatment of families at the bor

Source: baltimore.sun






Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said he would join a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s handling of families arriving at the Southwest border.

The federal government announced a zero-tolerance policy in May that led to immigration agents taking more than 2,000 children from their parents. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that he said would end the separations.


But the attorney general’s office for Washington state, which is taking the lead on the lawsuit, said the new order won’t do anything to help families already separated and was filled with loopholes.
Border separations could have traumatic impact on children, doctors say

Frosh announced his plans for the lawsuit on Twitter: “We are suing the Trump Administration to correct the flaws the in President’s EO, reunify families, and halt the practice of refusing to accept asylum petitions at the border.”.....................................

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-trump-border-lawsuit-20180621-story.html

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Hope is alive with some state Attorney generals. (Not Walkers WI).

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Dramatic photos following Trump's zero tolerance policy http://www.baltimoresun.com/nydn-dramatic-photos-from-u-s-mexico-border-to-006-photo.html

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Images show the emotional scene of families being detained to the cages that sit in the Border Protection detention center in McAllen.
Ian DuncanIan DuncanContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun