Opinion

FLASHBACK: The Obama White House Kept Children Together With Parents In ‘Widespread Deplorable Conditions’ … And Cited Holding Women And Children As A ‘Deterrent’

Ben Shapiro

While the media fulminate over the issue of illegal immigrant parental separation from children — and while they go nearly insane over the implication by certain members of the Trump administration that such policy amounts to an attempt to “deter” illegal immigration — it’s worth remembering that the Obama administration pursued nearly all the same activities as the Trump administration with regard to treatment of an influx of illegal immigration in 2014-2015.

In 2015, for example, The New York Times reported that a federal judge had found that the Obama administration had violated the Flores settlement in keeping families together in custody. According to the Times:

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