The government is both unable and unwilling to tell us what is really happening. But here's one way we can shine light on our nation's darkest places.
José, 27, embraces his son, José Daniel, 6, after crossing the border into the US, May 16, 2019, in El Paso, Texas.
One of the most disturbing things about the child separation system is that after more than a year, we still know so little about what is actually happening to the children. Where are they are being held? Are they being adequately fed, clothed, and housed? Are they being supported by mental health professionals, and given access to legal counsel? It is not even clear that the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Health and Human Services knows the answers to these questions.
After learning that an uncertain number of separated children were taken from the border and whisked all the way to New York, State Senator Brian Benjamin and State Assemblyman Harvey Epstein co-sponsored a bill known as the SCAR Act: the Separation of Children Accountability Reporting Act. The bill was just ratified overwhelmingly in the New York State Senate, and is in committee within the New York State Assembly.
The SCAR Act can and should be replicated in other states. If immigrant children are being taken against their will as far away as New York, then countless other states are probably housing them as well. Recent lawsuits and hearings in the House of Representatives have put pressure on the Trump administration to be more transparent. But we still don’t even know how much we don’t know. And when it comes to the well-being of children, not knowing is not an option.
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