ICE raid elementary bus stop at morning pick up—send 4th & 5th graders running in panic.
Students were waiting normally—suddenly agents stormed in.
Bus driver circled around the stop to protect all of the kids.
Once at school they were so upset—counselors had to be called in.
Hugo Cuello, 10, spoke with his mom's permission to say that his father was one of the people ICE detained.
He was standing with his mother when he saw several cars pull up—so he warned the other kids that agents were there.
The incident occurred outside the Woodland Village Apartments in Lindenwold, New Jersey. #DemsUnited
UPDATE—Father protests after ICE raid elementary bus stop.
"I've never protested before in my entire life," he says emotional.
"But then I watched 4th and 5th grade kids run away from their own government."
"I never want to see a child run away from our own government again."
🚨BREAKING: DHS is trafficking twin FIVE-YEAR-OLDS and refusing to release them because they “lack property and assets.”
Twin five year olds have been detained at the Dilley detention center for EIGHT MONTHS.
An immigration judge denied them bond because of “a lack of property” and “a lack of assets.”
And no, this wasn’t based on their family.
This decision was made separately, for each child, as an individual.
So, the U.S. government is now arguing that FIVE YEAR OLDS are too poor to be free.
Which tends to be the case for most 5 year olds.
And, as a result, DHS is continuing to hold these children, after already imprisoning them for eight months, in a for-profit concentration camp.
That is child trafficking.
So now, because the government has decided that kindergartners must meet a wealth requirement to not be trafficked, a GoFundMe has been started so these FIVE YEAR OLDS can acquire “assets” and buy their freedom from U.S. custody.
And this is all by design…
The Trump administration dismantled long-standing child detention protections, including moving to override the Flores Settlement, which limited how long children could be held and required their release to family whenever possible.
Those safeguards were replaced with policies that allow children to be detained for months and denied bond, all to make CoreCivic more money.
This is what happens when human rights are replaced with profit margins.
(GoFundMe link is in the comments.)
Independence Day is a reminder that America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ America is owned by no one. It belongs to all citizens. And at this moment in history—when core democratic principles seem to be continuously under attack, when too many people around the world have become cynical and disengaged—now is precisely the time to ask ourselves tough questions about how we can build our democracies and make them work in meaningful and practical ways for ordinary people.
@PatinacaoB @nosctriples@jack@realDonaldTrump Trump tweeted multiple times in the last month to encourage supporters to come protest on the 6th in DC. The same people he told to “fight” took that literally. Whether or not you want to acknowledge it, Trumps words have weight & these people listened to “fight” & not “peaceful”
@PatinacaoB @nosctriples@jack@realDonaldTrump This is on the day it happened... Trump and his crew said plenty of violent things. They ALL incited that crowd to go down to the Capitol and “kick ass” and “fight like hell” to take back their country.
@AnneBarth13 @PatinacaoB @nosctriples@jack@realDonaldTrump I’m sorry, are you saying they did not say these things?? Your argument completely ignores facts. I watched the entire rally from start to finish. Did you?
@SenSchumer It’s pathetic that “the greatest country on earth” and the “wealthiest nation” would rather pinch pennies than actually help its citizens. Is it any wonder why Americans have lost faith in government? Look at what other nations are doing for their people while US let’s us starve
Wishing you well, Louie! And thank you for standing with millions of women who don’t want you coming between them and decisions they make with their doctor. How about this: you stay out of their doctor’s office and we stay out of yours.