Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (United States)

Update on U.S. family separation policy:

Border Patrol Commissioner Kevin McAleenan’s Family Separation Denial (ACLU Blog, June 2018) [text]

"Conservative Religious Leaders are Denouncing Trump Immigration Policies," New York Times, 14 June 2018 [text]

Detained Immigrant Children Stay in Shelters That are Already Full and Aren’t Equipped for Babies (The Conversation, June 2018) [text]

"Dr. Ruth, Dr. Kissinger, and Trump’s Cruelty to Families," New Yorker, 12 June 2018 [text]

"Editorial: Seizing Children from Parents at the Border is Immoral. Here’s What We Can Do about It," New York Times, 14 June 2018 [text]

"House GOP Wades into Family Separation Storm," Politico, 14 June 2018 [text]

"How Trump’s Family Separation Policy Has Become What It is Today," PBS, 14 June 2018 [text]

"Judge Says Yes to Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Family Separation Policy," NPR, 7 June 2018 [text]

"Nearly 1,800 Families Separated at U.S.-Mexico Border in 17 Months through February," Reuters, 8 June 2018 [text]
- The 17-month period was from Oct. 2016-Feb. 2018.

*"Separated at the Border from Their Parents: In Six Weeks, 1,995 Children," New York Times, 15 June 2018 [text]
- The six-week period was from 19 April to 31 May 2018.

Trump Administration’s Family Separation Policy Violates International Law (IntLawGrrls, June 2018) [text]

"The Trump Administration’s Separation of Families at the Border, Explained," Vox, 11 June 2018; updated 15 June 2018 [text] 

*"Trump Cites as a Negotiating Tool His Policy of Separating Immigrant Children from Their Parents," Washington Post, 15 June 2018 [text]

*Trump’s Family Separation Policy Aims To Deter Immigration. That May Make It Illegal (Huffington Post, June 2018) [text]

*"What’s Really Happening When Asylum-Seeking Families Are Separated?," Texas Monthly, 15 June 2018 [text]

*UPDATED

Related posts:
- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (15 June 2018)
- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2 (United States) (31 May 2018)

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