Trump administration still plans to criminalize families 鈥� including children
We鈥檙e glad that the public鈥檚 fury has finally moved President Trump to back down from his morally repugnant, indefensible policy of separating children from their families and imprisoning them in cages.
Quite frankly, his decision doesn鈥檛 go far enough. The administration still plans to criminalize families鈥� including children 鈥� by holding them in prison-like detention facilities. There are workable alternatives.
What鈥檚 more, separating families is not just an issue at the border. Right now, we鈥檙e representing parents who鈥檝e been needlessly ripped apart from their children 鈥� many of them U.S. citizens 鈥� as a result of an indiscriminate enforcement regime that鈥檚 shattering communities across the country.
Trump needs to stop lying to Americans about his policies and trying to shift the blame. He needs to stop using people鈥檚 lives and futures as political bargaining chips to get funding for an expensive wall that won鈥檛 solve anything. He needs to stop using dehumanizing rhetoric that fuels fear and xenophobia. And he needs to fire the hardline extremists within his administration who are helping to shape his barbaric policies.
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