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'Dumb, stupid' family separations harm children, says detention camp manager 'Dumb, stupid' family separations harm children, says detention camp manager
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A senior manager at a child detention camp in Texas, close to the Mexican border, spoke out on Monday to decry Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy that had been tearing migrant families apart as “dumb”.A senior manager at a child detention camp in Texas, close to the Mexican border, spoke out on Monday to decry Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy that had been tearing migrant families apart as “dumb”.
Speaking to journalists in what he said was an individual capacity, at the end of a special, supervised media tour of the facility in Tornillo, near El Paso, Texas, the manager, who asked not to be named, called family separations “a dumb, stupid decision”.Speaking to journalists in what he said was an individual capacity, at the end of a special, supervised media tour of the facility in Tornillo, near El Paso, Texas, the manager, who asked not to be named, called family separations “a dumb, stupid decision”.
“All it did was harm children,” he said. The manager works for the private contractor BCFS, which is running the camp on behalf of the federal government.“All it did was harm children,” he said. The manager works for the private contractor BCFS, which is running the camp on behalf of the federal government.
Despite an executive order from the president last week ordering that families would no longer be separated, 23 children at the camp in Tornillo remain apart from their parents or guardians, after crossing the border with them.Despite an executive order from the president last week ordering that families would no longer be separated, 23 children at the camp in Tornillo remain apart from their parents or guardians, after crossing the border with them.
At the controversial facility of 22 large tents on the outskirts of the tiny town in western Texas, journalists were told there were 23 children who had been separated, out of 326 who had entered the US by themselves. At the controversial facility of 22 large tents on the outskirts of the tiny town in western Texas, journalists were told that in addition to the 23 children who had been separated, 326 had entered the US by themselves.
Only 14 of the 326 children were girls, who are housed in separate tents from the boys.Only 14 of the 326 children were girls, who are housed in separate tents from the boys.
The Guardian and a small group of other journalists toured the site on Monday morning after pressure on government agencies to show more transparency.The Guardian and a small group of other journalists toured the site on Monday morning after pressure on government agencies to show more transparency.
The government says it has made a start on reuniting the more than 2,000 children who have been separated from their parents. But the process has clearly only just begun.The government says it has made a start on reuniting the more than 2,000 children who have been separated from their parents. But the process has clearly only just begun.
In sweltering heat in the dusty little town, where fencing keeps the camp of neat brown tents mostly out of sight of the public, the manager said: “I’m totally against the separation.”In sweltering heat in the dusty little town, where fencing keeps the camp of neat brown tents mostly out of sight of the public, the manager said: “I’m totally against the separation.”
The children appeared to be well taken care of in terms of their basic physical needs. During the press tour, several dozen boys were seen playing soccer on an artificial grass field. A few teenage boys and girls told the Guardian they were “good”.The children appeared to be well taken care of in terms of their basic physical needs. During the press tour, several dozen boys were seen playing soccer on an artificial grass field. A few teenage boys and girls told the Guardian they were “good”.
The contractor BCFS Health and Human Services is based in San Antonio, Texas, and is a contractor regularly used by the Department of Health and Human Services and other federal government agencies.The contractor BCFS Health and Human Services is based in San Antonio, Texas, and is a contractor regularly used by the Department of Health and Human Services and other federal government agencies.
The 13- to 17-year-old children are under the care of the US Department of Health and Human Services while the facility is under the control of the Department of Homeland Security.The 13- to 17-year-old children are under the care of the US Department of Health and Human Services while the facility is under the control of the Department of Homeland Security.
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