A Gitmo for Children on the Border

Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatch Jun 27, 2018 The weeping toddlers, breast-deprived infants and distressed teens are just the most recent signs of the Trump administration’s war against decency, compassion and justice. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

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Jeff Danziger / Truthdig Jun 24, 2018 Dig deeper

Immigrant Children Are Being Drugged Against Their Will

Matt Smith and Aura Bogado / Reveal Jun 21, 2018 According to legal filings, Trump’s zero tolerance policy is creating a zombie army of children forcibly injected with medications that make them dizzy, listless, obese and even incapacitated. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

It’s All About the Midterms: Trump Took Those Children Hostage to Stoke His Base

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jun 20, 2018 Steve Bannon is still advising the White House, and he believes that immigration—whenever and however it becomes a headline—hurts the Democrats. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

John Kelly’s ‘Family Separation’ Recalls Slave-Era Practice

Juan Cole / Informed Comment May 13, 2018 The White House chief of staff is an immigrant-hating bigot, as demonstrated by a long series of draconian statements and measures. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Expected to End DACA

Jill Colvin and Catherine Lucey / AP Sep 4, 2017 The president is likely to announce that, after a six-month delay, he'll end protections for immigrants brought into the U.S. illegally as children. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Stephen Colbert: Child Immigration Influx Clearly Obama’s Plot to Tip Voting Scales

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jun 28, 2014 Obviously the tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S. border after having journeyed all the way from Central America have been brought in by President Obama in hopes they'll grow up to vote him in again in a few years. That doesn't sound crazy at all, right? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Australia Sorry for Abuse of Castoff Kids

Staff / Truthdig Nov 16, 2009 In the decades after World War II, some 10,000 British children were separated from their families and exiled to Australia, where many were physically and sexually abused and some were put to work in what were effectively child labor camps Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )