Good news today:11 y/o detained by ICE for 6 months reunited with his mom who was here legally

[iluvtennis]

@PatrickTorphy
Sep 22

Very emotional scene inside Dulles airport this morning when an 11 y/o, held by ICE for 6+ months, reunited with his mother & grandmother. He claimed asylum at the border and was detained, yet the mom was already living legally in VA. She sued the Trump administration & won.

Link to tweet

[lunatica]

1. My God!

[Jim__]

2. Somebody should play that at Kavanaugh's hearing.

Because, yes, it's all connected.

[MoonRiver]

3. Idiot is a sadist!

This was completely unnecessary and traumatized the child and his entire family!

[lunamagica]

4. Oh, my...

[tblue37]

5. They routinely commit cruelty for cruelty's sake. nt

[Hortensis]

6. "Mi amor...gracias, Dio!" I don't forget the terror

of parents who don't know what's happening to their children and can't protect them, but...this! I'm still crying.

[roody]

7. Somebody made a lot of money on this. Eom

[joshcryer]

8. Around $150,000.

Absolutely mind numbingly stupid.

[erronis]

10. And the lowly taxpayers footed the bill. Not the wealthy 0.1% who don't pay taxes

At least in the US.

But of course the dumpisters don't understand the math.

[RVN VET71]

9. The good news in all of this is

that at least our Gestapo-ICE is still subject to laws still on the books since before IQ45 was given the reins of power.

And I say "still" because we've crumbled so badly as a civilized nation since IQ45 took the reins that it's still very possible that our decline into corporate-fascist rule will reach ugly fruition.

[erronis]

11. Laws and actions are two different things.

Throughout this country the actions of the LEO take precedence. Only when confronted with legal power (which takes $s) can the actions be redressed. And, of course, there are no penalties for "just doing the job."

[byronius]

12. This makes Nazis sad. And by Nazis, I mean Republicans.

'Cause that's where we've gone. That's what this is.

[Uncle Joe]

15. I agree Frequency Kenneth

[peacebuzzard]

16. The agony of that mother's crying

Just pierces my soul.
And so many voiceless cries are waiting, Endlessly.
I hate The squatter and his enablers.

[FuzzyRabbit]

17. Trump and his followers are sadists.

They take pleasure in causing as much misery as possible. They probably stay awake nights dreaming up new ways to hurt people.