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RSS FeedsEmma Teitel: Nazi Germany comparisons with family separation in U.S. are fair comment
(The Star Food)

 
 

21 june 2018 02:13:27

 
Emma Teitel: Nazi Germany comparisons with family separation in U.S. are fair comment
(The Star Food)
 


On Wednesday, Justin Trudeau broke his silence about kids in cages. “What’s going on in the United States is wrong,” the PM told reporters, referring to the forced separation of migrant children and infants from their parents at the U.S. border, and their detainment in old warehouses, a practice U.S. President Donald Trump is working to halt after international public outcry. Some might say the PM’s comment is an understatement and they’d be right. Some might say what’s going on in the United States is more than “wrong.” It’s evil. Again, they’d be right. Trump may claim to have acted in accordance with a law that predates his presidency when he oversaw the separation of migrant families, but he lied. His administration was in no way obligated to remove young children from their parents and confine them to cages where the lights are on 24 hours a day. (Yes, I’m aware some of these facilities are rumoured to have ping-pong tables. No, I don’t care. They could have bottomless vats of candy and a trunk of life-sized stuffed animals for every kid detained and the thing would still be evil.) Read more:In rare reversal, Trump signs order ending family separations, but ‘zero-tolerance’ immigration policy staysMSNBC’s Rachel Maddow breaks down in tears on air while reporting on ‘tender age’ sheltersSessions accused of child abuse by members of own denomination over family separation policyPope Francis slams Trump’s family separation policy, says ‘populism is not the solution’Trump and his administration chose to do this most likely because tearing families apart and exhibiting zero tolerance — which is to say showing no mercy — is a powerful deterrent to asylum seekers contemplating trying their luck at a peaceful future in the United States. Think about that for a second. Those in charge did not have to traumatize kids but they chose to be ...


 
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