Kidnapper Trump
Today was the deadline for the Trump Gang to return the children they kidnapped to their parents. They succeeded in reuniting only slightly more than half.
The Trump Gang says it released 378 children to someone other than their parents. Who were they released to?
The Trump Gang says that 711 children are INELIGIBLE to be reunified with their parents. In what moral universe, under what conditions, under what circumstances, are children ineligible to be reunited with their parents?
Twenty-one children, the Trump Gang says, had parents with "red flags" in their background checks, but these were not explained. What are these "red flags"? What will happen to these children?
Forty-six children, according to the Trump Gang, had a parent with a "red flag" that didn't show up on their background checks. What are these "red flags"? What will happen to these children?
Seventy-nine children, says the Trump Gang, have parents who "were released into the U.S. and could not be reunited." This means that the Trump gang can't find the parents, because they had no system that linked separated children with their parents. What will happen to these children?
The Trump Gang swears that the parents of 120 children "declined to be reunited." Who believes this? Who will check with these parents--if they can be found--to check the accuracy of this claim? What will happen to these children?
The Trump Gang told the court today that they already deported the parents of 431 children and that they are not responsible for reuniting these families. The Trump Gang is refusing to pay the cost of flying these children out of the country. What will happen to these children?
The Trump Gang admits that it can't find the parents of 94 children. What will happen to these children?
The Trump Gang says that seven children were impacted by a different court case. What will happen to these children?
These numbers don't add up to 711. The Trump Gang hasn't explained the discrepancy.
Interviews with the separated families by the ACLU and Families Belong Together offer evidence that the Trump Gang was not honest with many of the parents and children who were separated.
This is heinous. It's heartbreakingly clear that some of these children will NEVER be reunited with their parents. This disaster is on Trump and the Republican Congress, which has refused to allow a vote on immigration legislation.
Why aren't the members of the Trump Gang being prosecuted for child abuse and gross negligence?
Contact your Senator and Congressperson. Contribute to the ACLU and Families Belong Together (familiesbelongtogether.org), who are the organizations working on behalf of these families. March. Protest. Show your anger!