Even MORE Children Stolen From Parents At Border Than We Knew

Don't become numb to these numbers. More than 5,400 children were separated from their parents.

U.S. immigration authorities separated more than 1,500 children from their parents at the Mexico border early in the Trump administration, the American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday, bringing the total number of children separated since July 2017 to more than 5,400.

The ACLU said the administration told its attorneys that 1,556 children were separated from July 1, 2017, to June 26, 2018, when a federal judge in San Diego ordered that children in government custody be reunited with their parents.

The United States of America is subjecting children to conditions no human being should face.  If you are fortunate enough to be a parent, you're capable of sitting quietly and putting yourself in these parents' shoes.  It is sickening beyond words.

Children from that period can be difficult to find because the government had inadequate tracking systems. Volunteers working with the ACLU are searching for some of them and their parents by going door-to-door in Guatemala and Honduras.

Of those separated during the 12-month period, 207 were under 5.... Five were under a year old, 26 were a year old, 40 were 2 years old, 76 were 3, and 60 were 4.

This was done in our names.  It's on all of us to hold accountable all who implemented this cruel policy.  And it is HAPPENING STILL.

The administration has also separated 1,090 children since the judge ordered a halt to the practice in June 2018 except in limited circumstances, like threats to child safety or doubts about whether the adult is really the parent.

The ACLU said the authorities have abused their discretion by separating families over dubious allegations and minor transgressions including traffic offenses.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/tally-children-split-border-tops-5400-count-66516532