Fox and OANN run headlines saying the children are in custody or detained. This is simply a lie.
Unlike when Trump held kids in cages, on bare concrete floors… these 800 plus children are in what amounts to (albeit temporary) day care facilities, safe, secure housing — but not under militarized guards’ eyes. They have clean bedding, fresh water and lots of healthy food. They are being protected, not arrested/detained.
But don’t trust me — trust the able USDC Judge handling the 36 years of class litigation protecting people at the southern border, the able Judge Dolly Gee. So yes, I offer the on the record remarks of the USDC court, now presiding over the clean up of the former Trump administration lawlessness there:
“…The Court commends each agency for their swift responses to increased exigencies. In particular, the Court notes the positive changes implemented in CBP’s coordination and strategy with respect to Flores Settlement Agreement compliance. In light of the rapidly evolving circumstances, the Court shall require specific topics to be reported upon in the Juvenile Coordinators’ next interim reports, as described below.
As for the Notice of Rights and ICE Directive, ICE’s new policies resulting in more rapid processing of families seem likely to make this issue less of an urgent priority at this time. The parties’ next Joint Status Report on the ICE Directive, originally stipulated to be due on March 24, 2021, shall include an updated census of any Class Members in ICE custody for over 20 days. In the meantime, the parties and Legal Services Providers Amici Curiae remain free to disseminate the Notice of Rights to their clients as they deem appropriate.
The parties also requested the inclusion of a range of additional topics in next week’s Joint Status Report. To encourage expeditious resolution of these issues, the Court grants those requests….”
Onward — but rest assured that the children, even though streaming into the nation in record numbers now, are being well-cared for, and certainly are safer here — than they were, in the Baja desert. Here they have unlimited access to clean, fresh water, fresh healthy food, clean bedding, soap, toothbrushes and showers.
So don’t believe all the BS the far right is peddling about Biden being worse than Trump at the border. The biggest lies are often those most repeated on Fox and OANN.
Out.
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