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US Citizen Family Separated for a Year?

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If true, not good.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/11/us-immigration-family-separations-doj-us-citizens

The Department of Justice (DoJ) told a federal judge Tuesday that it may have mistakenly separated a father and toddler who could both be US citizens for as long as a year, in the process of enforcing the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called the revelation “horrific” and blamed the administration’s poor execution of the practice of family separations.

“The fact that a citizen got caught up in this mess shows just how poor the government’s record-keeping was

War on people of color. It reminds me of what happened when we decided to remove American Indians from the Southeast and massacre them out West.

Yes, it does happen here.
 
If true, not good.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/11/us-immigration-family-separations-doj-us-citizens



War on people of color. It reminds me of what happened when we decided to remove American Indians from the Southeast and massacre them out West.

Yes, it does happen here.

How can it be true? Trump's zero tolerance policy hasn't been around for a year.

From the story:
It noted 27 cases where it found reunification was not currently feasible, including one “because the parent’s location has been unknown for more than a year … and records show the parent and child might be US citizens”.
 
Apply and come here legally and face no challenges.

Many more just got sent back South across the border today. They don't qualify. Laws of the land should and do apply.

M-Bob
 
Apply and come here legally and face no challenges.

Many more just got sent back South across the border today. They don't qualify. Laws of the land should and do apply.

M-Bob

apply legally? They are CITIZENS no need to apply for a damn thing.
 
apply legally? They are CITIZENS no need to apply for a damn thing.

Brown people....can't possibly be the case.

Someone was calling Puerto Ricans illegal aliens the other day on David Hogg's twitter feed.

Bulbs are not very bright on that side of the aisle.
 
Brown people....can't possibly be the case.

Someone was calling Puerto Ricans illegal aliens the other day on David Hogg's twitter feed.

Bulbs are not very bright on that side of the aisle.

Im brown...I am also a US citizen and so were most of my ancestors. Anyone who says that Puerto Ricans are illegal needs to hand in their voter registration card... ridiculous.
 
If true, not good.
But also quite easy to do by mistake, especially if the people involved don't even know they have a claim to US citizenship. It's not even close to being an unusual situation that someone doesn't know they are an American citizen.
 
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