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Trump's Republican Admin Cancels English Classes, Soccer, Legal Aid for Unaccompanied Children in U.S. "Shelters"
"The cruelty is the point." We are concentrating people who are different than us in camps and denying them services. You've likely seen in the past few days that our own government is arguing "we" should not have to provide hygiene products like soap or toothbrushes to impoverished, desperate children. This too:
The Trump administration is canceling English classes, recreational programs and legal aid for unaccompanied minors staying in federal migrant shelters nationwide.... The Office of Refugee Resettlement has begun discontinuing the funding stream for activities — including soccer — that have been deemed “not directly necessary for the protection of life and safety, including education services, legal services, and recreation."
Children who arrive with or without a parent accounted for nearly 40 percent of U.S. Customs and Border Protection apprehensions in May....
History will judge those who do nothing about this.... those who simply change the channel to some stupid show and shrug off attempts of friends and family to discuss it.
The move to curtail services for unaccompanied minors — revealed in an email that an HHS official sent to licensed shelters last week.... notifying them that the government will not pay for education or recreational activities retroactive to May 22, including related personnel costs. The official characterized those costs as “unallowable.”
.... run afoul of a federal court settlement and state-licensing requirements that mandate education and recreation for minors in federal custody.
Trump administration’s cuts have alarmed workers, who fear that the quality of care for the children will suffer. The employee said educational classes and sports activities are crucial to maintaining physical and mental health while the children are in custody.
“What are you going to do all day?” the shelter employee said. “If you’re not going to have any sort of organized recreation or physical activity, what are you going to do, just let them sit in their rooms?”
REPUBLICANS DO NOT CARE. Evil.