EXECUTIVE ORDER ENDING FAMILY SEPARATION IS NO MORE THAN A PUBLICITY STUNT WITH A SPELLING ERROR IN IT

AND IT IS LIKELY TO MAKE THINGS WORSE

...same as MELANIA'S JACKET was designed to do.

feeling rebloggy

President Trump created the child-separation crisis when he imposed a “zero tolerance” policy for border crossings. Where the Obama administration detained families ahead of civil proceedings conducted in immigration court, the Trump administration decided to pursue criminal prosecution of immigrants and asylum-seekers, arresting parents and separating them from their children, with the explicit notion that the trauma could serve as a deterrent to others who might seek asylum.

Now, Trump wants credit for ending the crisis he created, calling an executive order he signed on Wednesday “very compassionate.” But the order neither ends the crisis nor produces a more humane status quo. It’s a public relations stunt, meant to dampen criticism without changing the fundamentals of the policy.

 “Zero tolerance” is still in effect, and Trump’s manufactured crisis may well get worse.

The executive order, titled “Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation,” does three things. It continues the zero tolerance policy of prosecution for illegal entry, but directs the Department of Homeland Security to keep families together in custody, instead of separating parents and placing them with the Department of Justice. [If a number of laws and court decisions can be reversed] families will remain in DHS custody for the duration of their criminal and immigration cases, which may mean months of waiting in detention facilities...

Read More: 
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/donald-trump-wants-credit-for-ending-a-family-separation-crisis-he-created.html


Mock up of Melania's Jacket

This IS what he is going to be remembered for