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A Delphi forum for discussing breaking news, memes, various topics of interest. From the serious to the silly, we discuss the top stories in the news, on Twitter, and in your social media world. Every day, a different story.
10/19/18
Helen’s story has a happy ending because you fought for her freedom. But now the Trump administration is trying to change the rules so it can jail children and families indefinitely -- which is why we need your help again. Comment to #StopFamilyDetention: https://t.co/60cvtEHI3s pic.twitter.com/ZgIW2QisEw
— Families Belong Together (@fams2gether) October 19, 2018
10/21/18
The government is violating a federal judge’s order to stop drugging immigrant children held at a troubled Texas shelter without proper consent, according to new court filings from lawyers for the kids.https://t.co/QQSzXfBZFV
— Reveal (@reveal) October 20, 2018
11/17/18
In court this morning, I asked the judge if my client could wait outside. She was being fussy. He said yes, and she was carried out. Even then, I could hear her whimpers and cries. She’s two years old. She had on a pink coat. Today was her #deportation hearing. #arizona
— Larry L. Sandigo (@LarryLSandigo) November 17, 2018
11/23/18
14,000 unaccompanied immigrant children in US custody, HHS confirms
— Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) November 24, 2018
The admin is trying to slip bad news out today. https://t.co/xvtxv8dYTT
11/25/18
A 60 Minutes investigation has found the separations that dominated headlines this summer began earlier and were greater in number than the Trump administration admits
Read more from www.cbsnews.com11/25/18
"Homeland Security wanted to help track separated families at the border -- but the White House said no and lost 5,000 children https://t.co/mvFBNQ7h3v"
Read more from Twitter11/25/18
"Cecilia Munoz-who handled immigration policy in the Obama administration and has worked in the field for 30 years-says, "We take better care of people's effects when we send them to jail than we took care of the children who we took from their parents." https://t.co/SmY94xtSmG https://t.co/W6CWjEbWep"
11/27/18
"@AP A new government watchdog memo says the Trump administration waived rigorous background checks for all staff working at the nation's largest detention camp for migrant children. https://t.co/G6IWN5pipr"
Read more from Twitter11/27/18
"This 4-year-old was yanked from his father's arms at the border. The gov't says the father is in a gang but won't offer evidence- even to a judge. The boy's lawyer didn't know he had been separated from his father. Read, by the amazing @gingerthomp1: https://t.co/y4bL6eSzeb"
Read more from Twitter11/30/18
Advocates for immigrant families that were separated by the US government said Thursday they're concerned about a group of children who've remained in custody for months even though their parents had designated sponsors to take them in.
Read more from CNN