Trump admin to end separation policy

[Bengalzona]

Per the original law, separation happens only if officials find that the adult is falsely claiming to be the child’s parent, is a threat to the child, or is put into criminal proceedings. All of this has been intact since the regulations were put in place. But children were generally not separated from parents before.

What has changed with this administration is the last part: criminal proceedings. Before, parents with children were not automatically put into criminal proceedings. This administration has elected to do that, in addition to denying asylum requests for a wide variety of reasons.

If the administration were sincere in their belief that all people who cross the border illegally are criminals, that would be one thing. But as evidenced by the President's tweets earlier, that was not the case. This was about the admin implementing this policy only until they get funding for a border wall (apparently they have given up on Mexico paying for such a wall and have returned to trying to force this upon the American taxpayer).

The potential for this to happen was always there. But previous admins chose a more open interpretation to allow tolerance for those seeking asylum from horrific conditions and to avoid separating parents and children unnecessarily. This administration and it's base feel (no pun intended) that it is necessary to separate parents and children in order to 'persuade' Democrats to vote a certain way? I think there is a word for that.