I work for a non-profit that has extended its services to help Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC's). This means that this child is under the age of 18 and crossed the border without a parent/guardian. What happens once they get caught crossing the border illegally is that they get transported to a DHS facility (Department of Homeland Security). The process for the transfer of children from a DHS facility is SUPPOSED to take no more than 72 hours. However, with the heavy flux of immigrants that have been flowing to and through the border, one can imagine how hard it is to document the thousands that in need of services.
On August 21, multiple reports from a variety of credible news sources announced that the Trump admin. is moving to change one of the key takeaways from the Flores Settlement Agreement (FSA) that allows children and other immigrants to stay in ORR custody for no more than 20 days. This would make it easier for immigrants to get deported back to their home country.
This is very controversial. Critics are, for a lack of better words, WILDING THE F**K OUT about what this means for those who are seeking asylum in the United States and how it undermines the humanity of those trying to make their lives better than they were before.
If I'm being honest, I truly believe that this is unconstitutional. I mean, for one we are keeping kids and their families in cages. We aren't giving them proper medicine. We aren't giving them proper sleeping materials. We aren't giving children access to their family members. We ARE proposing that trauma for these children is better than giving them a chance at a better life. We ARE proposing that family separation is good as long as it doesn't affect OUR citizens. We ARE initiating an action that in its entirety goes against what our American morals should be.
This is a scary time for immigration, asylum seekers, pro-immigrant advocates, and our nation as a whole.
A-hem *send tweet*
*character limit has been reached*
No comments:
Post a Comment