{"id":33019,"date":"2018-07-07T12:54:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T19:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33019"},"modified":"2018-07-07T12:54:41","modified_gmt":"2018-07-07T19:54:41","slug":"republican-lies-on-reuniting-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/07\/republican-lies-on-reuniting-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Lies on Reuniting Families"},"content":{"rendered":"

Try to imagine yourself as a refugee parent.  ICE has ripped your young child from your arms.  You heard him screaming as they took him away.  Finally you learn that the US government has promised to reunify families, and you desperately wait to get your son back.  Then the government gives your son to a US family and deports you to your home country.  Can you imagine how you would feel?  What kind of people actually do such things?<\/font><\/p>\n

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) said Friday that Trump administration officials have told him and his staff that they view placing separated migrant children in foster care as an equivalent to reuniting them with their families<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe secretary told us on a conference call they do not have an intention to reunify these children with their parents,\u201d Inslee said on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cAll in With Chris Hayes,\u201d appearing to refer to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re going to call it good if they can find anybody else who can serve as a foster parent or anybody else who can serve as familial relationship, and these kids don\u2019t even know these strangers<\/strong>,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

Inslee claimed that the Trump administration doesn\u2019t plan on complying with a court order requiring that officials reunify all of the immigrant children separated from their families at the border under a since-ended Trump policy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s clear they do not intend to be humane and it\u2019s clear they will continue on this course until he is removed from office<\/strong>,\u201d the governor said, referring to Trump.<\/p>\n

Inslee and five other Democratic governors signed a letter<\/a> Friday to Trump officials, saying they were \u201cdeeply concerned that wholly inadequate resources and procedures are in place to ensure children and parents are reunified safely and securely.\u201d<\/p>\n

The letter also states that during a June 29 meeting with governors\u2019 offices, administration representatives \u201cshared that reunification may include the placement of separate children with any long-term sponsor<\/strong>,\u201d including long-term foster care.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf true, this interpretation appears to blatantly ignore the terms of the court order,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n

Democratic Govs. Andrew Cuomo (New York), Dannel Malloy (Connecticut), Tom Wolf (Pennsylvania), Phil Murphy (New Jersey) and Kate Brown (Oregon)<\/strong> also signed the letter…. [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here is Chris Hayes<\/a> as he interviewed Jay Inslee (D).<\/font><\/p>\n