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leftyladyfrommo

(18,874 posts)
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 07:28 PM Jun 2018

So seriously. How are those parents ever going to

find their children? It sounds like no one bothered to keep any records. It sounds like parents have been deported without the children. Parents have no documentation to help find their kids. Hundreds are just babies.

I am just floored by all of this. This is just unbelievable. This the grossest negligence I have ever heard of.

It is like the judge said. If you are on jail you get a receipt for your wallet. These people got nothing.

The individuals responsible should be jailed forever.

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So seriously. How are those parents ever going to (Original Post) leftyladyfrommo Jun 2018 OP
I suspect it isn't negligence at all. pangaia Jun 2018 #1
Not to mention language barrier.......nt Heartstrings Jun 2018 #2
Dems will have to retake the gov vlyons Jun 2018 #3
DNA Database? But I am sure they are going to balk at the expense at doing that tulipsandroses Jun 2018 #4
MyHeritage.com is offering free DNA tests. madaboutharry Jun 2018 #8
Some of them may not have been with biological relatives ThoughtCriminal Jun 2018 #12
I understand. madaboutharry Jun 2018 #14
Some won't and it is heartbreaking uppityperson Jun 2018 #5
You misspelled reckless indifference (also knowingly and purposefully might work). n/t. bench scientist Jun 2018 #6
Earlier today, he indirectly admitted to smuggling the kids ecstatic Jun 2018 #7
what a fucking liar bdamomma Jun 2018 #11
The contractors are making bdamomma Jun 2018 #9
They can track them through court proceedings. We are the USA don't tell me we can't figure Trek4Truth Jun 2018 #10
It's not negligence or even incompetence RandomAccess Jun 2018 #13
Unbelievable! nt leftyladyfrommo Jun 2018 #15

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
3. Dems will have to retake the gov
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 07:31 PM
Jun 2018

and then vote the funds to do DNA testing of all the kids and all the parents and relatives, who want to reclaim them. But first, we have to win big in Nov.

tulipsandroses

(5,141 posts)
4. DNA Database? But I am sure they are going to balk at the expense at doing that
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 07:32 PM
Jun 2018

If they didn't bother to coordinate and keep any records - at this point doing DNA matching might be the only way. But the bastards might not want to pay for it.

madaboutharry

(40,248 posts)
8. MyHeritage.com is offering free DNA tests.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:02 PM
Jun 2018

MyHeritage.com is coordinating with lawyers, agencies, and NGO's to distribute DNA tests to help match them with their families.

madaboutharry

(40,248 posts)
14. I understand.
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 09:01 PM
Jun 2018

There will be cases more difficult to resolve. Those kinds of cases show just how criminal this whole horrible situation is. I just don't want to accept the possibility that even one child will not be returned.

uppityperson

(115,681 posts)
5. Some won't and it is heartbreaking
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 07:38 PM
Jun 2018

Some DNA test sites have said they will help. But how can you prove that toddler you've not seen for a ideas is yours?

This is gross negligence, human rights abuse.

ecstatic

(32,814 posts)
7. Earlier today, he indirectly admitted to smuggling the kids
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 07:39 PM
Jun 2018

He's the KING of projection, so he was referring to himself and his admin when he said that.

It is so surreal and infuriating that he's allowed to get away with this.


bdamomma

(63,977 posts)
9. The contractors are making
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:15 PM
Jun 2018

money on this illegal action. Crimes are being committed everyday. We talked about the torture at Guantanamo we are committing torture right in our country. For years the repigs have been screwing us royally not anymore they will be judged by history as being ruthless and traitorous to the position they hold, they have spitted on our Constitution and everything we stand for.

 

Trek4Truth

(515 posts)
10. They can track them through court proceedings. We are the USA don't tell me we can't figure
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:18 PM
Jun 2018

it out. Also .....all parents who are or were separated get IMMEDIATE ASYLUM. We need to get this administration OUT. NOBODY can be trusted there !!! I know there will be whistle blowers ....come on..please hurry.

 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
13. It's not negligence or even incompetence
Thu Jun 21, 2018, 08:40 PM
Jun 2018

At BEST it's simply a lack of concern about the problem, much as there was a lack of concern for pets by so many rescue workers after hurricanes. (That's improving, and of course animal lovers are always concerned. But you get the picture.) And that's because these people, these brown asylum seekers, are no better than animals to them, literally.

At worst it's intentional. And this is what I suspect. Or really, a bit (or a lot) of both.

As someone said on Twitter: Cruelty isn't a byproduct of this policy, it's the goal.

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