Trump admin to end separation policy

[Dill]

(06-25-2018, 07:13 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: My understanding of policy is that it means law, when speaking of the Federal Government.  Again, no laws were changed, only existing ones being enforced.

A temporary measure, to allow Congress time to come together and agree on new policy.

Actually, policy does not mean "law."  It is a principle for guiding behavior and decision making, including the interpretation of law.

By changing policy, Trump produced the mass separation of children from parents.  Sessions knew the law well enough to produce this desired result through a change in policy, and he knew he could claim "the law" was already there and blame the parents for breaking it.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/was-law-separate-families-passed-1997/. Trump supporters would be ok with the abuse and the misdirection of blame.

Unlike previous presidents and AGs, these guys WANTED to separate children from parents in order to discourage refugees and asylum seekers. Traumatizing the children was worth the cost; to them it was not really a "cost." They have not even kept track of the children separated by this policy. So toddlers are now scattered across the US, hidden from the public, with no means of tracking them back to their parents. Other than as a PR problem, they don't care. These separations were undertaken, not to "follow the law," but to produce fear in potential refugees. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/07/dhs-is-considering-separating-mothers-and-children-who-cross-the-border-illegally/?utm_term=.091ea0882556

Speaking of the LAW, what do you think about the practice of taking children from parents who came here LEGALLY to apply for asylum and returning them only after forcing the parents to sign a voluntary deportation agreement?

https://www.carbonated.tv/news/immigrant-parents-are-being-told-choose-between-kids-or-asylum-status