Garth wrote:Albear wrote:sorry, what's the story behind that comic?
Immigrants coming over the border are having their children taken away from them. US authorities are taking the parents into custody and putting the kids into detention centres. It's part of their zero tolerance immigration policy, with around 2000 kids separated over the last 6 weeks, including babies taken from mothers' arms.
Apparently the US is going to leave the UN human rights council soon too.
I think it's important to note that this is happening, not just with "immigrants", but with people seeking asylum, which is a legal process in the US.
Also, even if they weren't trying to enter legally, illegal border crossing in the US is classed as only as a misdemeanour crime. Yet, these people are being seperated from their children for an indeterminate period of time.