This isn't an accident, folks, it's Republican policy. PBS:
“(My son) is not the same since we were reunited. I thought that, because he is so young he would not be traumatized by this experience, but he does not separate from me. He cries when he does not see me. That behavior is not normal. In El Salvador he would stay with his dad or my sister and not cry. Now he cries for fear of being alone.”
— Olivia Caceres was separated from her 1-year-old son in November at a legal point of entry. The boy’s father, who was seeking asylum, remains detained, Caceres said. It took three months for Caceres to get her son back from government custody. According to her testimony, she said that after reuniting with her toddler, “he continued to cry when we got home and would hold on to my leg and would not let me go. When I took off his clothes he was full of dirt and lice. It seemed like they had not bathed him the 85 days he was away from us.”
A child who had not been bathed in 85 days would be considered by any human services agency to be a victim of neglect, if not abuse. Yet these babies are in our government's "custody." And Trump thinks his voters like this. Maybe they do. If so, they should never win another election again anywhere ever for any reason because they are monsters.
Therese Okoumou, we stand at the foot of the Statue of Liberty with you:
