Yesterday, after President Trump had signed an executive order to stop the forced separation of children from their parents who had come in illegally, we at first celebrated it as Trump having "given in" to the outrage and pressure from all corners, including congress itself.
But, hold on. Let's read the fine print. The Executive Order about keeping families together includes such language as "within the law and resources available." That's an awful lot of wiggle room.
In addition, they have been forced to admit they have no plan for reuniting those children already separated from their parents. It says something like: "will no longer separate . . . " What about the 2,000 already scattered around the country -- like the 300 who were taken to New York City to a facility there in the middle of the night, without even notifying the Mayor of NYC? He was outraged.
I have no idea how many, but in some cases the mothers have already been deported without being reunited with their children. This is criminal. Some of these parents have done nothing except walk across the river into this country, after being denied entry at the border crossings -- even when they were asking for refugee asylum status. At most, that is a misdemeanor and should not incur incarceration, the factor they used to justify separating the children from their parents.
We are not through with this, no matter how pious Trump is now trying to portray himself.
Ralph
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