“‘Many kids are having nightmares, can’t eat, can’t sleep … don’t know where their parents are. The last image they have of their parents is shock and fear … the memory never goes away.'”
“ProPublica, a nonprofit news organization, published the audio of children crying ‘Mami’ and ‘Papi’ while at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection detention facility on Monday.”
Read more: https://people.com/human-interest/border-patrol-agent-jokes-migrant-children-separated-parents/
“Children as young as 18 months who arrive with their parents have been forced into government custody while the adults serve brief sentences for the misdemeanor crime of illegal entry before going to immigrant detention centers. In some cases, they are deported without their children.”
“Like a number of practices, including mass deportations, it builds on the legacy of the Obama Administration, which set in motion the process of reëxamining old naturalization files.”
“HHS said Thursday that it had 11,432 migrant children in its custody, up from 9,000 at the beginning of May.”
“The three-year-long, U.S.-supported war on Yemen has already been devastating to Yemen’s 28 million residents. Today, it has entered a new phase—one that is described by the United Nations and U.S. lawmakers as ‘catastrophic.'”
Read more: http://inthesetimes.com/article/21212/Yemen-Port-United-States-Saudi-Arabia-starvation-war-Hudaydah
“The German company Adidas may provide shoes for players forced to switch last minute as recent EU law has sought to shield EU companies from American sanctions on Iran.”
“The policy of criminally prosecuting all who cross the border illegally is creating a new category of residents at these holding centers, young boys and girls who are grappling with the trauma of being unexpectedly separated from their mothers and fathers.”
“Marco Antonio Muñoz, 39, was found on May 13 in his Texas jail cell, ‘in a pool of blood with an item of clothing twisted around his neck.'”
“These are not actions by rogue agents. They are systematic, and they come straight from the top.”