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Friday, June 22, 2018 9:12:43 PM
Trump’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy is effectively dead
"The facts about Trump’s policy of separating families at the border"
‘It’s going to be “catch and release” because they don’t have the detention beds,’ a formal DHS official said.
By TED HESSON
06/22/2018 06:34 PM EDT
Updated 06/22/2018 08:05 PM EDT
The policy slammed into a series of brick walls — insufficient space for incarcerating families crossing the border, strict legal limits on how children can be
detained and backlash against separating them from their parents. | Andres Leighton/AP Photo
President Donald Trump may not admit it but, practically speaking, his administration’s “zero-tolerance” border strategy is dead.
Top officials at the Department of Homeland Security acknowledged that reality at a meeting Thursday afternoon, according to a former department official with knowledge of the meeting.
“It’s going to be 'catch and release' because they don’t have the detention beds for them,” the former official said.
That same message was delivered by Brandon Judd, president of a union for Border Patrol agents, who told CNN Thursday that the executive
order Trump signed Wednesday requiring families caught at the border to be detained together simply left his agency no choice.
"We're going to have to release them," he said.
Homeland Security and Justice Department officials declined to comment.
More - https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/22/trump-immigration-zero-tolerance-catch-and-release-646956
Yet another dumb trump policy not thought through.
"The facts about Trump’s policy of separating families at the border"
‘It’s going to be “catch and release” because they don’t have the detention beds,’ a formal DHS official said.
By TED HESSON
06/22/2018 06:34 PM EDT
Updated 06/22/2018 08:05 PM EDT
The policy slammed into a series of brick walls — insufficient space for incarcerating families crossing the border, strict legal limits on how children can be
detained and backlash against separating them from their parents. | Andres Leighton/AP Photo
President Donald Trump may not admit it but, practically speaking, his administration’s “zero-tolerance” border strategy is dead.
Top officials at the Department of Homeland Security acknowledged that reality at a meeting Thursday afternoon, according to a former department official with knowledge of the meeting.
“It’s going to be 'catch and release' because they don’t have the detention beds for them,” the former official said.
That same message was delivered by Brandon Judd, president of a union for Border Patrol agents, who told CNN Thursday that the executive
order Trump signed Wednesday requiring families caught at the border to be detained together simply left his agency no choice.
"We're going to have to release them," he said.
Homeland Security and Justice Department officials declined to comment.
More - https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/22/trump-immigration-zero-tolerance-catch-and-release-646956
Yet another dumb trump policy not thought through.
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