{"id":304,"date":"2017-03-03T19:30:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T00:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/?p=304"},"modified":"2017-03-03T19:30:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T00:30:36","slug":"trump-continues-to-show-his-true-colors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/304","title":{"rendered":"Trump Continues To Show His True Colors…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another Trump\u00a0administration lame\u00a0idea on\u00a0immigration. Separate innocent children from their mothers.\u00a0Children who don’t understand what is happening or why they are being separated from their mothers\u00a0are possibly\u00a0going t be used\u00a0as\u00a0pawns in a political game.<\/p>\n

We have grown to expect nothing less from Trump.<\/p>\n

Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated by U.S. authorities under a proposal being considered by the Department of Homeland Security, according to three government officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

Part of the reason for the proposal is to deter mothers from migrating to the United States with their children, said the officials, who have been briefed on the proposal.<\/p>\n

The policy shift would allow the government to keep parents in custody while they contest deportation or wait for asylum hearings. Children would be put into protective custody with the Department of Health and Human Services, in the “least restrictive setting” until they can be taken into the care of a U.S. relative or state-sponsored guardian.<\/p>\n

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About 54,000 children and their guardians were apprehended between Oct. 1, 2016, and Jan. 31, 2017, more than double the number caught over the same time period a year earlier.<\/p>\n

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Immigrant rights advocates have argued that Central America’s violent and impoverished conditions force mothers to immigrate to the United States and that they should be given asylum status. (Graphic: tmsnrt.rs\/2m4aPAs<\/span><\/u><\/a>)<\/p>\n

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Implementing the new policy proposal “could create lifelong psychological trauma,” said Marielena Hincapie, executive director at the National Immigration Law Center. “Especially for children that have just completed a perilous journey from Central America.”<\/p>\n

Hincapie said the U.S. government is likely to face legal challenges based on immigration and family law if they decide to implement the policy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Another Trump\u00a0administration lame\u00a0idea on\u00a0immigration. Separate innocent children from their mothers.\u00a0Children who don’t understand what is happening or why they are being separated from their mothers\u00a0are possibly\u00a0going t be used\u00a0as\u00a0pawns in a political game. We have grown to expect nothing less from Trump. Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated … Continue reading Trump Continues To Show His True Colors…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-immigration","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ovtF-4U","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":428,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/428","url_meta":{"origin":304,"position":0},"title":"Is A Government Shutdown On The Horizen?…","author":"Les","date":"March 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Sometimes you just have to do what is ethically and morally right. 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