Donald T****’s cruel and unusual treatment of the children of undocumented immigrants during his first administration has been well-documented. Who, except the Republicans who refused to look, can forget images of helpless children locked in cages, sitting on cold floors with only plastic blankets for warmth and comfort? Or of children denied basic medical care? Or of children dying in our names while in American custody?
All these things and more happened.
The worst of these depravities had been halted by a court order put in place just two years ago, establishing a system for protecting the health of children detained at the border. Now, however, Donald T**** has an opportunity to continue his previous inhumane treatment of immigrant children without court interference and without lifting a finger.
The system, part of a legal settlement between the government and lawyers representing migrant children in custody, detailed protocols for detaining minors at Border Protection facilities. It required agents to provide them with access to regular and emergency medical care and basic hygiene items. It forbade agents to separate children from their parents for extended periods of time.
The court order that created this system is set to expire nine days after T**** takes office. And under the hateful eye of Tom Homan, T****’s crass and heartless “border czar,” all those crimes against innocent children that happened before will happen again.
All it needs is for T**** to do nothing.
RESIST
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