Posted on 09/08/2018 1:58:49 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Migrant families who were separated at the U.S.–Mexico border under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy are suing the Trump administration to cover the costs of their mental health treatment, according to a new federal class-action lawsuit.
The lawsuit, filed this week by a group of lawyers in federal court, argues that migrant children and their families suffered trauma that was "life altering" and that will "continue to affect their mental and emotional well-being for years to come" as a result of being separated, CNN reported.
The lawsuit also seeks unspecified financial compensation for the families affected by the now-reversed policy.
Parents who were separated from their children earlier this year under the Trump administration's policy say they are suffering deep emotional wounds as a result of the separations, ABC News reported. Families say they want the Trump administration to remedy the situation by paying for their mental health treatment.
Jenifer Wolf Williams, a mental health professional who is among thousands of other professionals offering free services to help once-separated families, told ABC that children could become more prone to engaging in self-destructive behavior later in their lives if not treated properly.
The report comes weeks after the Trump administration faced months of building pressure for its zero tolerance policy of separating migrant families at the southern border. Thousands of families were separated as a result of the policy, drawing sharp bipartisan backlash and sparking national protests.
Trump ended the policy with an executive order in June, though many separated families still have not been reunited. As of last week, nearly 500 children were still in government-run shelters without their parents.
The Trump administration on Thursday said it is seeking to indefinitely jail migrant children along with their families. The policy, months in the making, would would overturn 20 years of protections for immigrant children.
Criminals break into my home and then sue me for their mental distress.
Want better mental health? Quit breaking the law ...
United them then remove them.
Are there any courts/judges that are accepting such suits?
They should be thrown out, not accepted immediately as they try to file them.
How about villas and shops in Bermuda like those former Guantanamo prisoners got?
Can we sue them, the DNC, Mexico, etc for stress?
...families suffered trauma that was “life altering” and that will “continue to affect their mental and emotional well-being for years to come”
Prove it.
“The lawsuit also seeks unspecified financial compensation for the families affected by the now-reversed policy. “
Of course it does.
It has ALWAYS been about money.
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Give them a bottle of Xanax and a one-way ticket to Tegucigalpa.
Actually that isn't a bad idea. I'd want to join to recover the 17k the effing maids stole out of my house and the related misery at losing some of my most loved stuff.
The alien shakedown takes on a new dimension
“We can sue you for having the temerity to enforce your immigration laws”
The attorneys should be thrown out of court
This is an artificial problem. Until a few years ago, if they caught you crossing the border, they took your name and had you back on Mexican soil in a matter of hours. Family intact.
It is only once they started treating asylum requests as serious that they started having this dilemma.
If you are a politician whose government is trying to kill you, and if we like you, you should qualify for asylum while you plot your return. Otherwise, you do not qualify for asylum. This is something your average BP cop should be able to determine on the spot.
He was following the law that was already in place when he took office.
They’d have better luck suing a Ham sandwich.
Gee I wonder who put them up to this.
The truth doesn’t matter. It’s all about the fake narrative.
"Jenifer Wolf Williams, a mental health professional who is among thousands of other professionals offering free services to help once-separated families, told ABC that children could become more prone to engaging in self-destructive behavior later in their lives if not treated properly. "
It’s this kind of pugnacious arrogance that makes me hate these people. Especially Mexicans. They’re arrogant beggars who hate us and use every trick in the book and law they can to steal from us.
It’s insane.
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