Irwin Redlener

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You Thought Our Border Policy Couldn’t Get Even Crueler? It Just Did.

Featured in the Daily Beast

By Irwin Redlener and Sean Hansen

Since the spring, the U.S. Border Patrol has fast-tracked the deportation of more than 100,000 families and individuals. In the process, we’re exporting COVID overseas.

While our attention has been hyper-focused on the pandemic and the upcoming national elections, new regulations and protocols have been implemented by the Trump administration that is increasing the misery experienced by migrant children and families detained in the U.S. Southwest border.