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MineralMan

(146,354 posts)
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:10 AM Jun 2018

Inside the Concentration Camps for Children and Toddlers

We've seen some photos of some of the children being held after separation from their parents. We haven't seen the girls, toddlers and infants yet, though. One thing that struck me in all the photos I've seen was the lack of identification wristbands on those children. Check into a hospital, or even visit someone in one, and one of the first thing that happens is a wristband being applied to your arm. For patients, that wristband has your first name, date of birth, and other information on it. Why? So you can be identified if you can't identify yourself.

But, after separation from their parents, these kids have been placed in internment camps, sometimes far from the point of entry into the United States. Where are their identifying wristbands? Where are their names, point of entry, and parent's name? Without that information, nobody really knows who these children actually are.

For the youngest of them, the child may not even know a parent's name. For all of them, language problems and other issues may well make it impossible to match children with their parents. Those parents may have already been deported, without their children. It may be impossible to locate them if the children are to be released back into their custody.

This failure to properly identify and track the locations of these minor detainees is going to make it impossible for some of them to be reunited with their families.

Damn you, Donald Trump!

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Inside the Concentration Camps for Children and Toddlers (Original Post) MineralMan Jun 2018 OP
Damn everyone involved malaise Jun 2018 #1
Yes! Massive crimes have been committed here. MineralMan Jun 2018 #2
I have one question bdamomma Jun 2018 #3
None of them have passports. MineralMan Jun 2018 #4
MineralMan bdamomma Jun 2018 #8
Children travelling with parents or guardians, or with MineralMan Jun 2018 #10
People are on the lookout for these kids now DeminPennswoods Jun 2018 #14
Yes, I heard that last night bdamomma Jun 2018 #18
People love a sleuthing challenge DeminPennswoods Jun 2018 #20
"Need" them for what? jberryhill Jun 2018 #5
I really messed up on that bdamomma Jun 2018 #11
i wondered about this also. at least they need their name on a ticket, mopinko Jun 2018 #15
heh, people here think it is a "gestapo" tactic to ask for proof of parental authorization jberryhill Jun 2018 #17
that's not even remotely what i was talking about. mopinko Jun 2018 #23
None of the reports mention anyone being in a uniform jberryhill Jun 2018 #24
Remarkably, DUers tend to object to showing proof of parental authority to fly children jberryhill Jun 2018 #16
Right, I was thinking this too after seeing the one women being questioned for having the black baby uponit7771 Jun 2018 #31
Yup jberryhill Jun 2018 #33
This shouldn't have been difficult Clarity2 Jun 2018 #6
"But they don't give a shit." There you have it, in one sentence. MineralMan Jun 2018 #7
There are issues with wristbands jberryhill Jun 2018 #27
Kind of silly Clarity2 Jun 2018 #37
Oh, no, it's like forcing them to wear the Star of David.... jberryhill Jun 2018 #38
Lordy Clarity2 Jun 2018 #39
Did you read that DU thread? jberryhill Jun 2018 #40
Yes, I read Clarity2 Jun 2018 #42
I also say bands because Clarity2 Jun 2018 #43
We have no evidence that most of them are even alive. lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #9
I doubt if there is even a master database that tracks them. MineralMan Jun 2018 #12
Not just your suspicion. lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #21
That's a great point DeminPennswoods Jun 2018 #13
maybe someone owns stock in a dna company. mopinko Jun 2018 #19
If the kids are still alive, DNA will end up being the only way to recover. lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #22
You don't recall the wristband outrage here? jberryhill Jun 2018 #25
No, I don't. MineralMan Jun 2018 #28
Oh my... you missed a good one jberryhill Jun 2018 #32
Maybe we can't see the number tattoo on their little forearms. TexasProgresive Jun 2018 #26
There is a huge difference... jberryhill Jun 2018 #34
My comment was meant to be ironic TexasProgresive Jun 2018 #35
Oh, okay jberryhill Jun 2018 #36
They always intended for those kids to be trafficked. Crunchy Frog Jun 2018 #29
I doubt that. However, once they get placed MineralMan Jun 2018 #30
You are asking all the right questions. The parents are given NOTHING, and preverbal kids... Hekate Jun 2018 #41

bdamomma

(63,977 posts)
3. I have one question
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:13 AM
Jun 2018

how did they get those kids on planes to transport them around the country don't they need passports???

The other thing is that they are still doing it, and not reuniting those who have taken away from their parents.

Fuck tRump and Stephen Miller.

MineralMan

(146,354 posts)
4. None of them have passports.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:17 AM
Jun 2018

Their parents, either. These people are poor refugees. They have nothing. They come to the US in extremis. Most have no official identification. They don't have their children's birth certificates. They came to escape horrible conditions in their home countries. They are refugees.

Instead of giving them refuge, we simply imprison them. Feh!

bdamomma

(63,977 posts)
8. MineralMan
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:28 AM
Jun 2018

I am asking those kids who they have sent to NY, Michigan how do they get them on planes to transport them from Texas to other parts of the country.

There was a thread here yesterday that Avenatti saw boys at the McAllen airport ready to board.

MineralMan

(146,354 posts)
10. Children travelling with parents or guardians, or with
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:31 AM
Jun 2018

government officials don't always have to show identification. If escorted by law enforcement or similar people, the escort will have some sort of paperwork to get through security and past airline rules.

There are many holes in our system.

DeminPennswoods

(15,307 posts)
14. People are on the lookout for these kids now
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:37 AM
Jun 2018

at airports and other places. DHS/HHS won't be able to hide them for much longer.

bdamomma

(63,977 posts)
18. Yes, I heard that last night
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:40 AM
Jun 2018

while watching Rachel and Lawrence O Donnell. I think there will be many whistle blowers and pictures coming out on this.

They can not keep these crimes quiet.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
5. "Need" them for what?
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:22 AM
Jun 2018

No one "needs" a passport for domestic US air travel. Although for a variety of reasons, a passport can be a good idea.

bdamomma

(63,977 posts)
11. I really messed up on that
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:32 AM
Jun 2018

question. So they can transport these kids/babies illegally all over the country, and no one will question them all they need is a ticket and they are on planes?

mopinko

(70,394 posts)
15. i wondered about this also. at least they need their name on a ticket,
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:39 AM
Jun 2018

no? maybe they are only shipping around those old enough to state their own name.
or maybe the american gestapo can do whatever they damn well please.

mopinko

(70,394 posts)
23. that's not even remotely what i was talking about.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:48 AM
Jun 2018

i'm talking about a guy in a uniform getting on a plane w a bunch of kids w NO id.
i cant buy a plane ticket for another person w/o their info, and even then that person gets a checkmark w dhs because someone else bought the ticket.
when my kids were younger, after 9/11, they had to all go get state id's to be able to get on a plane, and they had to show it to the tsa agent.

but these guys can get a bunch of tickets for a bunch of kids w no id of their own AT ALL. perfect time to move some human "merchandise".

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
24. None of the reports mention anyone being in a uniform
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 11:15 AM
Jun 2018

A simple policy of "minors don't fly without proof of parental/guardian consent, emancipated status, or court order" would deal with this and a host of other issues, categorically.

TSA no longer requires ID for apparent minors. Airlines will usually require it if it looks like someone is trying to evade the two year-old limit on lap passengers.

Otherwise, it is generally pretty easy for ANYONE to take a child on a flight for kidnapping, trafficking, etc..

uponit7771

(90,378 posts)
31. Right, I was thinking this too after seeing the one women being questioned for having the black baby
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 11:55 AM
Jun 2018

... and her being white.

Clarity2

(1,009 posts)
6. This shouldn't have been difficult
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:22 AM
Jun 2018

Not at all. This is 2018. It's not rocket science. You create a database, with name, photo at time of arrival, DOB. Put a damn barcode on a wrist bracelet. When children are relocated, that number goes with them and the database is updated to their new location.

But.they.dont.give.a.shit. And probably don't want a permanent record of how long a child was (illegally) detained for. They've probably broke the law hundreds of times already going past the 20 days allowed. We know some children were kept in detention centers for months.

MineralMan

(146,354 posts)
7. "But they don't give a shit." There you have it, in one sentence.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:26 AM
Jun 2018

This whole thing is going to turn into a humanitarian disaster. I guarantee it.

Clarity2

(1,009 posts)
37. Kind of silly
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 05:48 PM
Jun 2018

They put bracelets on infants in hospitals. To put a childs chance of being reunited at risk because its not PC or reminds them of nazis or fascism? There is no other foolproof or loss proof solution.
Its a freaking bracelet.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
38. Oh, no, it's like forcing them to wear the Star of David....
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 05:50 PM
Jun 2018

Check it out:

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100210657156

"The Arizona Daily Sun reports that at a recent immigration hearing, Alma Jacinto, a 36-year-old Guatemalan migrant had her children taken from her – and was given a yellow “bracelet” to indicate her status as a detained illegal immigrant."

Or this one:

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/125613952

Clarity2

(1,009 posts)
39. Lordy
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 05:54 PM
Jun 2018

I dont know if youre being sarcastic, but I dont agree. If theres a problem with a yellow bracelet (just why...livestrong for example), then use a hospital like bracelet. Even adults get them when they are admitted. We arent talking about tattoos or cattle prodding here. Its important not to let these kids get lost in the system.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
40. Did you read that DU thread?
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 06:59 PM
Jun 2018

I'm not being sarcastic. I provided you with a link to the DU reaction to ID bands.

Clarity2

(1,009 posts)
42. Yes, I read
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:26 PM
Jun 2018

and from your posts, it appears you are fine with bands. They are used in many instances in different institutions for identification, and bracelets predate to 2005? So no disrespect, but Im not sure what point you were trying to make. Except sarcasm?

I think the whole thing of colored bands is ridiculous. Who is going to ostracize them? We’ve got the majority of americans on immigrants side.

I’ll preface this by saying they should all be set FREE except of course anyone that was crossing border for criminal reasons. Im not defending what they are doing at all. I just want those children not to be lost or have a basic record of them in the first place that is difficult to remove themselves. I dont really see a point in adults needing a bracelet.

Clarity2

(1,009 posts)
43. I also say bands because
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:36 PM
Jun 2018

this administration and the people running those detention centers are too incompetent to keep track of those kids any other way.

MineralMan

(146,354 posts)
12. I doubt if there is even a master database that tracks them.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:33 AM
Jun 2018

All of this happened very quickly, and government agencies don't operate quickly. A lot of what has happened has gone virtually undocumented, I suspect. Some of the children are probably unidentifiable. Disaster is just around the corner with this, I think.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
21. Not just your suspicion.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:45 AM
Jun 2018

Sorry, I can't remember which reporter (information/disinformation overload).

But I saw somebody asking details of how the kids are tracked. They assign numbers. The numbers are dropped as soon as each kid is handed off to HHS or whoever. There is officially no tracking whatsoever.

DeminPennswoods

(15,307 posts)
13. That's a great point
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:36 AM
Jun 2018

I know in assisted living facilities, there's a picture that has to be taken and regularly updated that's part of the resident's chart.

mopinko

(70,394 posts)
19. maybe someone owns stock in a dna company.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:41 AM
Jun 2018

that will be the only way they are gonna match these families back up. woe to the aunt or uncle who brought a child in, and now cant prove it is their child. they will be charged w smuggling, no doubt.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
22. If the kids are still alive, DNA will end up being the only way to recover.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 10:46 AM
Jun 2018

And it will be massively more difficult because the parents have been deported to places where they are unreachable, and if they try to come back we'll arrest them and commit further atrocities against them.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
32. Oh my... you missed a good one
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 11:58 AM
Jun 2018

There was a flurry of DU outrage over ICE using ID bands, comparing them to yellow stars of David for concentration camp inmates:

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100210657156

"The Arizona Daily Sun reports that at a recent immigration hearing, Alma Jacinto, a 36-year-old Guatemalan migrant had her children taken from her – and was given a yellow “bracelet” to indicate her status as a detained illegal immigrant."

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/125613952

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
34. There is a huge difference...
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 12:02 PM
Jun 2018

Between forcing people to go about in public with badges that invite abuse, on the one hand, and being able to identify children so that they can be associated with their parents.

TexasProgresive

(12,165 posts)
35. My comment was meant to be ironic
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 12:13 PM
Jun 2018

I wish that these incarcerated children at least had ID band along with their parents to connect them together. Somebody posted a day or so ago that maybe they are doing this on purpose, making sure there is no paper or data trail. Perhaps the girls are to be trained as house slaves. That last might sound far fetched, but it is hard to know what is improbable with this bunch of miscreants.

Crunchy Frog

(26,723 posts)
29. They always intended for those kids to be trafficked.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 11:41 AM
Jun 2018

I'm absolutely convinced of that, and the lack of identification seems to confirm it.

MineralMan

(146,354 posts)
30. I doubt that. However, once they get placed
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 11:43 AM
Jun 2018

in foster care or with distant relatives, it's certainly a possibility. But, I don't believe there is intent to traffic in this. It's bad enough as it is.

Hekate

(91,055 posts)
41. You are asking all the right questions. The parents are given NOTHING, and preverbal kids...
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 07:08 PM
Jun 2018

...will never be able to say who they are.

The only "plan" was chaos and cruelty, and chaos and cruelty is what they created.

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