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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU.S. has expelled 8,800 migrant children under coronavirus rules
President Donald Trumps administration has expelled about 8,800 unaccompanied migrant children intercepted at the U.S.-Mexico border since March 20 under rules seeking to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus in the United States, according to court documents filed Friday by the Justice Department.
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Since then, U.S. officials have been quickly removing migrants, including unaccompanied minors, without standard immigration proceedings.
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Since then, U.S. officials have been quickly removing migrants, including unaccompanied minors, without standard immigration proceedings.
[link:https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-immigration-children-idUKKBN263021?taid=5f5c650cb524370001365c3f&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter|]
They really are fascist scum. They are sending CHILDREN on their own across the border - vulnerable to exploitation and worse, cause cruelty is their only point.
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U.S. has expelled 8,800 migrant children under coronavirus rules (Original Post)
Soph0571
Sep 2020
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Iterate
(3,020 posts)1. It was never about immigration. It was always about excess cruelty.
And excess cruelty has always been a hallmark of tyrants.
Cosmo Blues
(2,481 posts)2. Again they break the law
Most have not tested positive for the virus. The people carrying out these orders are just sick fucks
lindysalsagal
(20,680 posts)3. I don't understand.
Q1. How do children arrive at the border unaccompanied? Are we talking run-away teens, or what?
Q2: Expelled to where? The other side of the chain link fence??? Do we demand that mexican locals come and take them to orphanages?
spanone
(135,831 posts)4. Great questions....I was asking myself the same