The Cruelty at the border continues

The paradox is that Donald Trump’s cruel policy to deter desperate immigrants appears counterproductive; apparently, the furore it provoked drew attention to the possibility of migration.

donald trump, washington, us government, central americans, immigrants, asylum, mexico, guatemala, world news, indian express news — Clemente and his daughter Wendy, 15, who said they fled gang violence in Guatemala and were separated at the border after requesting asylum, now reunited in Harlingen, Texas. Two months after President Donald Trump said he had ended the family separation policy, they were separated and kept apart for six months. (The New York Times)

(Written by Nicholas Kristof)

President Donald Trump claimed in June to have ended the practice of separating immigrant families at the southern border. “We are going to keep the families together,” he declared from the Oval Office.

Mr. President, meet Clemente and his daughter Wendy, both fleeing gang violence in Guatemala. Your administration separated them six months ago and kept them apart.

These family separations, continuing but at a lower level than before, are an element of the real “emergency” at the border — the one also involving physical and sexual abuse of immigrant children in US custody and systematic deception from Washington.

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Congress members tour migrant facility in Florida

Members of congress are shocked after touring a minor migrant detention facility. Some children have been held 9 months after being separated from their families at the border.