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NNadir

(33,621 posts)
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 03:44 PM Jan 2021

What is the status of the children separated from their parents...

...and caged?

I'm not hearing anything. Am I just missing it?

Of all the wonderful stuff the President has worked to address, for me, this horror is the one most important to me.

Does anyone know where we are on this?

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BComplex

(8,102 posts)
4. The new HHS Sec'y and the Homeland Security and the new Intelligence director are all tasked
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 04:44 PM
Jan 2021

with finding them and putting parents/children back together IMMEDIATELY. One of Biden's first directives.

NNadir

(33,621 posts)
5. I hope so. Even a week of a child's life matters, never mind close to four years.
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 05:23 PM
Jan 2021

If there is a Hell, the people responsible for this should rot in it.

BComplex

(8,102 posts)
6. I'm totally with you on that.
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 06:58 PM
Jan 2021

Those poor kids, and you know their parents are friggin' crazy by now. If someone took my kid away and left them in a cage, I'd be ready to go nuclear on someone.

LakeArenal

(28,906 posts)
3. Since that is when trump truly jumped the shark...
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 04:36 PM
Jan 2021

I would have thought we would have heard more news on the children.

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