The Left have figured out that exploiting children for political reasons is a winning strategy in the public’s mind- They did so after parkland, aND are doing so again now with the border issue
You can be sure we haven’t seen the last of child exploitation by the left- EVERYTHING now is going to be presented in such a way as to show the ‘mean spirited republicans’ as the ‘child traumatizing party’
“The report is based on over 30,000 pages of documents dated between ***2009 and 2014”
the Obama years, of course. however, Obama is never mentioned, while ***Trump is! unbelievable:
22 May 2018: ACLU: ACLU Obtains Documents Showing Widespread Abuse of Child Immigrants in U.S. Custody
“These documents provide a glimpse into a federal immigration enforcement system marked by brutality and lawlessness,” said Mitra Ebadolahi, ACLU Border Litigation Project staff attorney. “All human beings deserve to be treated with dignity and respect regardless of their immigration status — and children, in particular, deserve special protection. The misconduct demonstrated in these records is breathtaking, as is the government’s complete failure to hold officials who abuse their power accountable. The abuse that takes place by government officials is reprehensible and un-American.”
The report is based on over 30,000 pages of documents dated between 2009 and 2014. The documents were obtained by the ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties and the ACLU Foundation of Arizona through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit co-counseled with Cooley LLP. The documents feature numerous cases of shocking violence and abuse against migrant children, many of whom arrived in the United States fleeing violence in their home countries...
***“It’s terrifying to think that the horrible abuses described in these documents can continue and perhaps worsen under the ***Trump administration,” said Astrid Dominguez, director of the ACLU Border Rights Center. “It’s unacceptable that there are no mechanisms in place to shed light on CBP’s abuses and ensure accountability.”...
More information on the report and documents is available here: LINK
More information on the report and documents is available here: https://www.aclusandiego.org/civil-rights-civil-liberties/
https://www.aclu.org/news/aclu-obtains-documents-showing-widespread-abuse-child-immigrants-us-custody