I’m not sure people realize how huge this problem is. During Trump 1.0, ~5,000 kids were separated from parents at the border. During Trump 2.0, the Brookings Institution estimates *145,000* US citizen kids have been separated, mostly in the country's interior www.brookings.edu/articles/how... 5/x
Imagine being a kid and learning both your parents were arrested by ICE. You’ll have to pay rent and survive on your own.
I shadowed four siblings—US citizens near Mar-a-Lago—as they try to do that. I'll be thinking about their story for a long time 1/x www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The story of the four Perez siblings is heartbreaking but important. I’m grateful to these kids for letting us see how Trump’s immigration polices are affecting them, and truly inspired by how hard they are working to support each other during this nightmare. 8/8 www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Four American siblings left to fend for themselves—and they're not the only ones.
Making matters worse: Before Trump 2.0, deported parents could decide whether they wanted their kids to join them abroad, and ICE was supposed to facilitate that choice. Now, ICE will do so only if “operationally feasible.” Parents are being separated from their infants and struggling to reunite 7/x
Trump congratulated him on his freedom. Alligator Alcatraz left him with a stroke.
Samantha Michaels
Samantha Michaels
Around the country, ICE is arresting people and not asking if they have kids at home. While reporting, I heard about a dad who begged in vain for officers to let him call his babysitter; about parents stepping off deportation flights in tears because they didn’t know whether their kids were safe 4/x
