Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions recently authorized the separation of migrant mothers and children at the US border, and about 2000 children are now in detention centers. It seems cruel, but Mr. Sessions claims Biblical authority, the same passage used to justify slavery. Many disagree, including the United Methodist Church, to which Jeff Sessions belongs.
President Donald Trump authorized family separation but reversed course when Fox News started covering crying children separated from their parents. As of this moment there is only a vague plan to reunite 2000 detained migrant kids with their parents, and indications are that, moving forward, parents and children will be locked up together, a practice illegal under current law.
Most recently, President Trump has suggested abandoning the rule of law by denying due process to detained migrants, instituting summary deportations.
More:
“It’s Happening Here Because Americans Can’t Admit it’s Happening Here,” Umair Haque, The Independent
“Trump Says Illegal Immigrants Should Be Deported With ‘No Judges or Court Cases,'” Doina Chiacu and Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters via U.S. News & World Report
“Trump stokes immigration chaos with call for summary deportations,” John Swaine, The Guardian
“AP Fact Check: Trump’s take on immigrant crime off mark,” Colleen Long, Associated Press
“A Trump quote about evicting tenants greets detained migrant children,” Annalisa Merelli, Quartz
“The multibillion-dollar business of sheltering migrant children, explained,” Emily Stewart, Vox
“How to sleep at night when families are being separated at the border,” Alexandra Petri, Washington Post
“‘At Least During the Internment …’ Are Words I Thought I’d Never Utter,” George Takei, Foreign Policy
“The Shameless Fakery of Trump’s Retreat on Family Separations,” Frank Rich, New York Magazine
“There’s no migration crisis – the crisis is political opportunism,” Doug Sanders, Globe & Mail
“White House aide Miller targeted in backlash over family separations,” Nancy Cook, Politico
Updates:
“Trump will reunite separated families — but only if they agree to deportation,” Dara Lind, Vox
“Call A 1-800 Number And Wait: Migrant Parents Search For Their Children,” Mallory Falk, NPR
“How the Humanitarian Crisis on the Mexico Border Could Worsen,” Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker
“Do undocumented immigrants have the right to a day in court? The Supreme Court answered in 1896.” Annalisa Merelli, Quartz
“Summer Camp at the Nightmare Factory,” Patrick Blanchfield, The Revealer
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