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In reply to the discussion: I'm Blown Away By Their Coordination Of Moving These... [View all]DeminPennswoods
(15,295 posts)35. It was reported at the time of separation, the kids
and parents are assigned a unique, but matching ID number. This works for DHS, but evidently the number doesn't necessarily follow the kids when they go to HHS custody.
In another thread a DU'er asked why the parents and kids didn't get a plastic wrist band like you get when to the ER or hospital.
I'm thinking the only sure way to reunite these kids is with DNA testing, but I would not trust the Trump gov't with that data. I'd have an immigrant rights group hold the data, then destroy it once all the kids and parents are reunited.
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There have been stories around for a long time that ICE was shaping up to be an American Gestapo.
Girard442
Jun 2018
#3
Easy -- just give a few hundred million $ to a DeVos family member and several other crooks to
KPN
Jun 2018
#4
That was my first guess - Eric Prince: assignment kidnap, move, hide, keep silent the babies. nt
AnotherMother4Peace
Jun 2018
#10
I'm sure drugging the babies/kids help keep them quiet - that along with threats. nt
AnotherMother4Peace
Jun 2018
#11
Prisons. It drives me crazy when the media calls them camps or detention centers.
sarcasmo
Jun 2018
#13
If not kidnapping, then they wouldn't have to use windowless trucks & at night.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2018
#23
BOOM! Fantastic observation. Rachael should do a segment on this very subject. nt
Ferrets are Cool
Jun 2018
#28