'Zero Tolerance' Immigration Policies Surprised Agencies, Reports Find.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/us/politics/immigration-family-separation-zero-tolerance.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fus&action=click&contentCollection=us®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=13&pgtype=sectionfront
This article depicts the events of immigrant family separation that happened in June and July of this year. The main topic of this article is how the plan given by Attorney General Jeff Sessions was originally a shock to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services. This plan was poorly enforced due to the policy that was a surprise to these departments, they were not prepared to handle the income of immigrants and families that would have to be separated under Session's policy. The zero-tolerance policy was interpreted by many in the Department of Homeland Security to separate immigrant parents from their children born in the U.S. due to the fact that they did not have an obligation to be deported. The problem arose when the confusion of the enforcement of this new policy came, many children that came to the Department of Health and Human services were not known to be separated until the child actually said it, the communication between the departments was not fit to enforce these policies so quickly. When it was clear that the policy became misguided, the reunification of families was attempted. Although the reunification was somewhat completed, many families are still separated.
This article is interesting to me because although it is true that the policy came as a shock and confused many people who worked in these departments who enforce the law, it should have been looked at as immoral to separate young children from parents due to deportation laws. Yes, it was misguided and the departments did not communicate well on where the children should be once the parent has been prosecuted, but that serves as no excuse to leave them in a place unfamiliar and possibly traumatic. This article can be related to the Mexican Repatriation during the times of the great depression. This was a time when massive amounts of Mexican-Americans were being deported and it was one of the first times where the fear of being deported grew, which is very similar to present-day.
Chloe Meinershagen - I completely agree with you. How could people in their right minds just start separating families after being shown the new regulation? Although illegal immigration is wrong, you can't treat humans like trash.
ReplyDeleteSeparating families who are just looking for a better life because of so much violence in their home countries is such a immoral thing to do. I hope the children and parents who have been separated are able to heal soon from all this trauma. - Leslie Vasquez
ReplyDeleteI feel as if our immigration policies need to be reformed and universal. There is too much confusion about it and some of them are a little extreme
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ReplyDeleteYou say it is, "immoral to separate young children from parents," but I would say it is worse to hold an innocent child in custody for something he or she has not done. The only way these children could have been with their parents is if 1) they were held in custody with their criminal mothers and/or fathers or 2) the entire family is let go. The second option is ruled out since we must enforce immigration laws in order to preserve our borders and thus our country. So we are left with the option of throwing kids in jail with their parents. This is rather sickening to me and it must have also been to those who decided the 1997 Flores vs. Reno case, which held that Immigration and Naturalization Service's regulations, which included that innocent children could not be detained for more than 20 days with their parents, did not violate the due process clause of the Constitution. The Democrats have called President Trump racist, xenophobic and a multiplicity of other names for upholding this law.
ReplyDeleteIf it is immoral to leave a child "in a place unfamiliar and possibly traumatic," then maybe illegal aliens should consider coming into the country legally. In this way, "the fear of being deported" would not exist.