It's explained here:pErvinalia wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 10:57 pmI've avoided reading about this separation thing that has been going on. Why exactly are kids being separated from their parents?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/us/p ... trump.html
In short, the Trump administration has enacted a policy whereby parents trying to enter with kids through our southern border are prosecuted as criminals. So the parents get taken into custody to await eventual deportation, while the kids are warehoused for a while and eventually put into foster care.
The purpose is to deter asylum seekers and migrants from trying to enter the US. Basically, terrorize brown people so they'll be afraid to come to the shining city on a hill.