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8/16/18
There are approx 56 Guatemalan children in Houston and McAllen (in custody) who were separated from their parents at the border. We are working on gaining their release to me so that I can fly them home ASAP to their parents. This mess needs to be cleaned-up NOW. #Basta
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) August 16, 2018
8/17/18
BREAKING: Trump administration releases latest numbers on migrant kids it separated from parents.
— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) August 16, 2018
This is most detailed data we've seen so far.
?? 2,654 total kids separated.
?? 565 *still* separated; 24 are 0-5 year olds.
?? Parents of 366 *already* deported; 6 are 0-5. pic.twitter.com/c3YAnJzk7R
8/18/18
"For Raquel, life without her children is like breathing with no air. The Salvadoran mother has been separated from her two sons since the end of June. https://t.co/rBKG5k8kHu (1/5)"
Read more from Twitter8/24/18
A few pieces of news from my latest. The lesson of family separation debacle wasn't that govt went too far separating families, an Admin official told me. Rather it was that “we need to be smarter if we want to implement something on this scale” again. 1/ https://t.co/RyxS8hnu6P
— Jonathan Blitzer (@JonathanBlitzer) August 22, 2018
8/24/18
BREAKING: New Trump administration breakdown of 2,654 separated migrant kids.
— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) August 23, 2018
Numbers barely moving.
?? 528 *still* separated; 23 are 0-5 year olds.
?? Parents of 343 *already* deported; 6 are 0-5.
?? Parents of 139 waived right to reunite, but many say they were coerced. pic.twitter.com/bE0abnNthN
8/25/18
"Reminder: The consequences of family separation will far out-last this administration. Watch one family's reunion after months of separation. #FamiliesBelongTogether https://t.co/ECahAhgOtG"
9/6/18
BREAKING: The Trump admin just filed a proposal to rewrite the laws concerning the detention of immigrant children, undoing key protections from a decades-old settlement https://t.co/0FMh3AeZWa
— Alice Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) September 6, 2018
9/6/18
It would also allow the federal government to create their own brand of FDC licensing, bypassing any state licensing requirements.
What a BAD idea.