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The article title is actually misleading here. The justice dept was telling a federal judge something on the topic in court filings to the court, not talking to the ACLU. I quote the first few paragraphs here.
"The Trump administration on Thursday informed a federal judge that it isn't responsible for locating deported parents separated forcibly from their children at the southern border.
DOJ said in a court filing that the American Civil Liberties Union, which represents plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit over family separations, should instead take the lead in reunifying deported parents with their children.
“Plaintiffs’ counsel should use their considerable resources and their network of law firms, NGOs, volunteers, and others, together with the information that defendants have provided (or will soon provide), to establish contact with possible class members in foreign countries,” DOJ said."
This may be the most astonishing legal argument I have heard from this administration. The ACLU argued consistently against separating these kids. The ACLU did not separate these kids. The ACLU did not move these kids without proper tracking and identification systems in place. The ACLU argued against deporting parents who's kids were separated. The ACLU did not deport these parents without their kids.
It was the administration that argued in favor of separating these kids. It was the administration that separated these kids. It was the administration that moved these kids without a proper tracking and identification system in place. It was the administration that argued in favor of deporting these parents without their kids. It was the administration that deported these parents without their kids
Now who's job is it to do the work to solve and eat the costs of this problem? Who exactly is under a federal court order, here clean this mess up?
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/02/deported-parents-children-trump-administration-aclu-721151
Putting aside the moral questions of the policy, there are smart ways to do things and stupid ways to do things -like laundry! It does not take a genius to figure out not take all the family socks to be washed in the dirty laundry, drive them to different laundry matts all over the city, then throw them in different washers and dryers because someone may have to drive to all those laundry matts a month later, and hope to find all those socks in all those washer and dryers and match the blue ones into pairs and the black and brown ones into pairs and the yellow and white ones together. The ACLU did not separate the socks like that. The ACLU is not obliged to track and match them up.
This is especially stupid considering how many quarters it takes, to take full custody and care for hundreds of children, for God knows how long, while our government to tries find the matches that they sent far away!
"The Trump administration on Thursday informed a federal judge that it isn't responsible for locating deported parents separated forcibly from their children at the southern border.
DOJ said in a court filing that the American Civil Liberties Union, which represents plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit over family separations, should instead take the lead in reunifying deported parents with their children.
“Plaintiffs’ counsel should use their considerable resources and their network of law firms, NGOs, volunteers, and others, together with the information that defendants have provided (or will soon provide), to establish contact with possible class members in foreign countries,” DOJ said."
This may be the most astonishing legal argument I have heard from this administration. The ACLU argued consistently against separating these kids. The ACLU did not separate these kids. The ACLU did not move these kids without proper tracking and identification systems in place. The ACLU argued against deporting parents who's kids were separated. The ACLU did not deport these parents without their kids.
It was the administration that argued in favor of separating these kids. It was the administration that separated these kids. It was the administration that moved these kids without a proper tracking and identification system in place. It was the administration that argued in favor of deporting these parents without their kids. It was the administration that deported these parents without their kids
Now who's job is it to do the work to solve and eat the costs of this problem? Who exactly is under a federal court order, here clean this mess up?
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/02/deported-parents-children-trump-administration-aclu-721151
Putting aside the moral questions of the policy, there are smart ways to do things and stupid ways to do things -like laundry! It does not take a genius to figure out not take all the family socks to be washed in the dirty laundry, drive them to different laundry matts all over the city, then throw them in different washers and dryers because someone may have to drive to all those laundry matts a month later, and hope to find all those socks in all those washer and dryers and match the blue ones into pairs and the black and brown ones into pairs and the yellow and white ones together. The ACLU did not separate the socks like that. The ACLU is not obliged to track and match them up.
This is especially stupid considering how many quarters it takes, to take full custody and care for hundreds of children, for God knows how long, while our government to tries find the matches that they sent far away!
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