This morning, the Justice Department announced that the United States has reached a settlement with the plaintiffs in the case of Ms. L. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a class action lawsuit filed in 2018 over the Trump administration's policy of separating parents and children at the southwest border to deter migrants. That policy, implemented in 2017 and 2018, resulted in more than 5,500 children being separated from their parents.
In 2018 a judge ordered the families reunited, but it turned out the Trump administration had not kept records of the family members. As soon as he took office, President Joe Biden appointed a task force to accomplish the reunifications, but 85 children are still separated from their families. The task force also found that 290 of the children removed from their parents were U.S. citizens.
The lawsuit charged that the policy broke a number of U.S. laws—seeking asylum is legal, and taking children away from their parents without cause is not—and the settlement seeks both to heal the victims of the policy and to make sure it never happens again. The affected families will have a different process for applying for asylum than other migrants and will have access to benefits such as work authorization, possible housing assistance, immigration lawyers, and mental health care to address the trauma of the separations, and the government will agree not to turn back to such a policy in the future.
“The separation of families at our southern border was a betrayal of our nation’s values,” said Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta. “By providing services to these families and implementing policies to prevent future separations, today’s agreement addresses the impacts of those separations and helps ensure that nothing like this happens again.”
It cannot be undone, it is not enough, but this is something. The people responsible should be punished severely. The Code of Hammurabi comes to mind. -----Alan
Interesting, uses the Salem Witch Trials to determine guilt or innocence. Jump into deep water, if you don't drown, you didn't do it, if you do drown, you did it. Who knew the witch people were so advanced?
I thought it was the other way around--- if you float you are a witch, if you do not you are innocent. Which reminds me of a study of old English death records done several years ago. There were a very disproportionate number of women who drowned. The researchers came to the conclusion that it was because (1) women would draw the family's water from rivers, and (2) they typically wore full wool dresses--which would become extremely heavy when wet. So one misstep or slip at the riverside and it was all over. ----Alan
Yes, in Britain and I think mainland Europe too: If you floated or, God forbid, swam you were a witch. If you drowned, you were innocent. Rough on the innocent.
“While the IDF has said it does not target hospitals, the UN and Doctors Without Borders say Israeli airstrikes have struck medical facilities, including hospitals and ambulances.”
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ReplyDeleteThis morning, the Justice Department announced that the United States has reached a settlement with the plaintiffs in the case of Ms. L. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a class action lawsuit filed in 2018 over the Trump administration's policy of separating parents and children at the southwest border to deter migrants. That policy, implemented in 2017 and 2018, resulted in more than 5,500 children being separated from their parents.
In 2018 a judge ordered the families reunited, but it turned out the Trump administration had not kept records of the family members. As soon as he took office, President Joe Biden appointed a task force to accomplish the reunifications, but 85 children are still separated from their families. The task force also found that 290 of the children removed from their parents were U.S. citizens.
The lawsuit charged that the policy broke a number of U.S. laws—seeking asylum is legal, and taking children away from their parents without cause is not—and the settlement seeks both to heal the victims of the policy and to make sure it never happens again. The affected families will have a different process for applying for asylum than other migrants and will have access to benefits such as work authorization, possible housing assistance, immigration lawyers, and mental health care to address the trauma of the separations, and the government will agree not to turn back to such a policy in the future.
“The separation of families at our southern border was a betrayal of our nation’s values,” said Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta. “By providing services to these families and implementing policies to prevent future separations, today’s agreement addresses the impacts of those separations and helps ensure that nothing like this happens again.”
The judge will need to approve the settlement.
More here: from Heather Cox Richardson
It cannot be undone, it is not enough, but this is something. The people responsible should be punished severely. The Code of Hammurabi comes to mind.
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Interesting, uses the Salem Witch Trials to determine guilt or innocence. Jump into deep water, if you don't drown, you didn't do it, if you do drown, you did it. Who knew the witch people were so advanced?
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I thought it was the other way around--- if you float you are a witch, if you do not you are innocent. Which reminds me of a study of old English death records done several years ago. There were a very disproportionate number of women who drowned. The researchers came to the conclusion that it was because (1) women would draw the family's water from rivers, and (2) they typically wore full wool dresses--which would become extremely heavy when wet. So one misstep or slip at the riverside and it was all over.
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Yes, in Britain and I think mainland Europe too: If you floated or, God forbid, swam you were a witch. If you drowned, you were innocent. Rough on the innocent.
DeleteNurse at the clinic called with my blood-work: kidneys, terrific, thyroid, fine, a1C, 5.5--so I am NOT diabetic again!
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Wonderful news!
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Did Spirit find hot spring deposits on Mars? [Click]
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The lab results are back. Test results show Dad does *not* have bladder cancer!
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Two sets of good test results on the same thread!
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DeleteFundraising: Trump Gets BEATEN TO A PULP as Biden RAKES IT IN [Click] And that is the only way people can vote before the election.
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Joe Blogs: Russian Ruble Collapse is Destroying Russian Oil Industry - Export Ban Remains & Gasoline Shortages [Click]
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Now I found THAT cartoon truly laughable. I helped that my screen initially showed only the top half.
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ReplyDeleteLooks like we're scheduled for our first frost of this winter on Sunday night. Brrrrrrr!
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ReplyDeleteVictoria’s Secret will sell intimate apparel for women with disabilities
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Good news, although the article didn't help me understand exactly what sort of disability these items were intended to address.
DeleteA nutrient-rich food that once largely disappeared from Western diets was a staple of early Europeans, study finds - Click
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ReplyDelete“While the IDF has said it does not target hospitals, the UN and Doctors Without Borders say Israeli airstrikes have struck medical facilities, including hospitals and ambulances.”
Palestinian and Israeli officials are at odds over who is to blame for the devastation. Arab leaders canceled a summit with Biden in the wake of the bombing.
Excellent photo of Nancy Pelosi [Click]
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