TRUMP ADMINISTRATION - Reuniting Separated Families

aka 'Trump Anti-immigrant Racism'

"Why it was so difficult for HHS to reunite separated migrant families" PBS NewsHour 3/5/2020

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SUMMARY:  A new watchdog report reveals troubling details about how the U.S. government handled the separation of migrant families as a result of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy.  The litany of failures includes communication breakdown, lack of planning and insufficient care.  Lisa Desjardins talks to Ann Maxwell, Assistant Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services.

SEPARATED FAMILIES - Foster Home Oversight

Does anyone really think the Trump Administration cares about 'brown' immigrant children?  Of course he doesn't.

"How much oversight do foster homes for migrant children have?" PBS NewsHour 8/16/2019

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SUMMARY:  A new investigation by the Associated Press and FRONTLINE finds allegations of physical and sexual abuse for some migrant children who are moved into government-funded foster care after they are separated from their families.  Jeffrey Brown talks to the AP’s Martha Mendoza about details of the allegations, who oversees the foster homes and why additional lawsuits may be forthcoming.

IMMIGRATION POLICY - Ongoing Family Separations at U.S. Concentration Camps

"How the Trump administration explains ongoing family separations at the border" PBS NewsHour 7/30/2019

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SUMMARY:  The American Civil Liberties Union says the Trump administration has continued to separate migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, despite a federal judge’s 2018 ruling to stop the practice.  Amna Nawaz talks to the ACLU’s Lee Galernt about how many kids have been affected, why the numbers are rising and what the administration’s rationale is for the separations.

IMMIGRATION - Family Separation Numerical Error?!

"Report: Number of families separated at the border unknown due to bad bookkeeping" PBS NewsHour 1/17/2019

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SUMMARY:  The Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services paints the most detailed picture to date of the Trump administration's actions to separate immigrant families at the southern border.  The report found that the government was separating children long before it announced its policy; thousands more may have been separated than previously reported.  Amna Nawaz joins Judy Woodruff.