(June 16, 2018 at 5:39 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:Quote:Can't blame Trump for that self inflicted wound.
Possibly not, but I can certainly blame him for not stopping this cruel, inhuman (not just 'inhumane'...'inhuman'), and psychologically damaging practice of separating children from parents. He could, I'm given to understand, stop it instantly. Since he has opted not to do so, I blame him for all the harm caused by this practice, including the Honduran man who committed suicide after his three year old son was forcibly taken from him.
Boru
It's not good, but what's the practical answer?
A policy of detaining people trying to enter the country illegally is not a controversial idea, I don't think, is it? So what do you do with the kids when the parents are detained? The law says you can't stick the kids in a detainment facility with the adults, but you can't just let the kids run off into the desert.
They can 1000% make sure the facilities are well-staffed and run as humanely as possible. It sounds like some are, and some aren't. That is something the government should do. They can change the law, so families can be detained together. I guess that's better? Kids in a cell with dad, instead of in a facility with the other kids? I guess that depends again on the quality of the other facility.
