The problem is his executive order has set up a situation where another law will be violated in twenty days. His order causes the whole family to be incarcerated together. We have a law on the books that says you can’t jail children for more than twenty days. He also has already ripped thousands of kids away from their parents, some as young as one year. They have shipped them all over the country to facilities. In many cases, it will be very difficult or impossible to reunite these kids with their parents because they didn’t keep track of who they are or where they went. Of course, they can’t undo the trauma these kids have already been subjected to.
The problem is his executive order has set up a situation where another law will be violated in twenty days. His order causes the whole family to be incarcerated together. We have a law on the books that says you can’t jail children for more than twenty days. He also has already ripped thousands of kids away from their parents, some as young as one year. They have shipped them all over the country to facilities. In many cases, it will be very difficult or impossible to reunite these kids with their parents because they didn’t keep track of who they are or where they went. Of course, they can’t undo the trauma these kids have already been subjected to.