The number of undocumented children being held without their parents in U.S. government custody has seen a 21 percent increase in the past month after the Trump administration announced its "zero tolerance" crackdown on families caught crossing the border illegally, it has emerged.
Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration for Children and Families spokesperson Kenneth Wolfe told
Newsweek on Wednesday that it had as many as 10,852 undocumented children in its custody—a significant jump from the 8,886 that were in the agency's custody on April 29, according to the
Washington Post. spokesman for HHS’s Administration for Children and Families told
In fiscal year 2013, under the Barack Obama administration, the HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) had as many as 25,000 unaccompanied children in its care across 80 shelters,
according to a July 2014 article in Mother Jones.
The number of immigrant children held in custody has surged under Trump's crackdown–but Obama held many more
Do you guys all get your marching orders at the same time? This is the second or third thread on this just this morning. I've seen the same thread on other sites as well today.
So, you’ve seen it 3 times, what says you about Obama’s mass separation and incerceration of Children?
That didn't actually happen. It's the talking points you fellas were told to push this fine Sunday morning.
Yes but we KNOW Trump is a sinner... But Obama? God Obama?
Evan Thomas, Editor of NewsWeek...
"I mean in a way Obama's standing above the country, above above the world, he's sort of God."
Newsweek’s Evan Thomas: Obama Is ‘Sort of God’
UNDER the God Obama...
Mexican kids held for months as punishment for border-crossing
Now, as a result of that decision, young Mexicans are being held for months without charge in shelters across the United States, sometimes
without their parents’ knowledge. Since the program began in May, 536 juveniles have been held — 248 of whom have been deported to Mexico after an average stay of 75 days, according to Border Patrol statistics. Mexican authorities say some of these repeat border-crossers have spent as much as six months in U.S. custody while they await an appearance before an immigration judge.
Mexican kids held for months as punishment for border-crossing
So the above NEVER happened? Washington Post was lying. There never were children held during Obama's reign without parents knowledge?