Opinion - Stephen Miller's dystopian dream: Government-sanctioned child abuse

[Dulcinea]

(The Hill) The January detention of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos in Minneapolis by federal immigration agents revealed how our government treats children as part of its policy of immigration management — based on fear and cruelty.

But before I saw the boy with his iconic bunny-eared hat and backpack, I had seen this movie before. In 2019, after several migrant children died in federal custody, the Trump administration contacted me — a pediatrician who had directed a children’s intensive care unit — and asked me to develop a medical screening protocol that would help Border Patrol agents identify seriously ill children.

I developed a protocol, but it was never adopted. But I was granted access to facilities where unaccompanied children were detained in what were appropriately described as “cages.” Children, including toddlers, were crowded into chain-link enclosures with mattresses on the concrete floor, thin blankets, no toys, no privacy. Many were crying. Some just stared, hands outstretched to anyone who walked past. It was truly heartbreaking.

This was part of the immigration management agenda whose chief architect was Stephen Miller, whom President Trump had appointed in 2017 as his senior advisor for policy.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/opinion-stephen-miller-dystopian-dream-153000432.html

[Irish_Dem]

1. The Trump Crime Syndicate would consider these children tangible assets

for their pedo ring.

This is how these rich powerful men think.

[mopinko]

2. many were never seen again.

[Irish_Dem]

3. I know. We can guess where they were ended up. :(

Someone here actually argued with me that Trump made sure social workers placed
them all in good homes. I asked her where the clinical notes and placement paperwork
are located? Social workers are licensed by the states and must keep documentation
according to state law. I got no answer.