Donald Trump says he will authorize a roundup of all 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country. A 1950s program with similar goals, called Operation Wetback, offers lessons.
That’s somehow more humane than his previous immigration policy, where parents were deported so their detained children could be physically and sexually abused by ICE.
Inb4 someone says “Biden still locks up migrant children.” No, ICE temporarily detains unaccompanied minors until they can locate the closest relative. This typically means detention for a week or two. That is not the same as forcible separation of families.
That’s somehow more humane than his previous immigration policy, where parents were deported so their detained children could be physically and sexually abused by ICE.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/us/immigrant-children-sexual-abuse.html
Inb4 someone says “Biden still locks up migrant children.” No, ICE temporarily detains unaccompanied minors until they can locate the closest relative. This typically means detention for a week or two. That is not the same as forcible separation of families.
No, both sides are exactly the same. /s