smr wrote:Who started separating illegal immigrant families...? Oh you don't want to admit that do you? Just what I thought.
gcomeau wrote:
Or could it be Trump suddenly started child internment camps?
No....no... I'm sure it's totally your thing.
Trump. Trump did.
While the were isolated *instances* of that occurring before this policy was enacted it was only in matters where it was specifically deemed necessary. Such as when there was evidence the guardian with the child was manifestly unfit to care for them. In most cases the families were kept together while their case was processed.
No administration in US history has ever just torn thousands of immigrant kids from their parents
indescriminately and then throw the kids in cages en masse. And basically flat out admitted they were doing it with the intent to traumatize those kids to use as an intimidation and deterrent tool.