Ivanka Trump Says Family Separation “Was a Low Point;” Neglects to Realize It’s Still Happening
In an interview with Axios on Thursday, Ivanka Trump voiced her disapproval of the Trump administration’s policy of separating migrant families at the U.S.–Mexico border . . . with a curious choice of words. “That was a low point . . . I feel very strongly about that,” the Trump daughter and “adviser” said of the crisis at the border. “I am very vehemently against family separation.”
One of several problems with this statement is Trump’s use of the word “was” in an apparent indication that she believes parent and child separation is a thing of the past. If only! In fact, it remains very much a part of the present for the estimated 700 children who continue to be held in government custody (according to CNN, citing government figures), including some 400 cases where parents may have already been deported. Making the floor even lower: This week alone, a shelter employee was arrested in Arizona for allegedly sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl in custody; and the American Immigration Lawyers Association said a toddler girl died shortly after being released from an ICE-run detention center in Dilley, Texas, due to possible negligent care.
Let’s try it again, Ivanka: Family separation is and continues to be a low point. And your half-hearted condemnation of a policy handed down and enforced by your very employer (and your own father) doesn’t change a thing.
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