(10-28-2021, 10:48 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(10-28-2021, 10:30 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: Yes he did. If the parents were prosecuted for violating drug or other laws, they were separated. Trump took it a step further and prosecuted the parents for illegally entering. What also prompted it was the discovery that people were using children that weren't theirs to game the system. It was enforced to prevent child trafficking.

That is a huge if.
Trump's people, at the time, said they were separating children as a deterrence to all crossers.  They did not say anything about this BS "drug lords hiding behind kids" theory.  That lame excuse came much later.
They were cruel people and there will be a price to pay for their cruelty.
See if anyone successfully sues over an Obama or Biden separation.  There are plenty of Republican appointed judges who might hear such a case.  But the cases are not there, chuck.