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This administration’s pattern of overreach isn’t just policy—it’s devastation. A family that had followed the same process for years, legally crossing a checkpoint with doctor and lawyer-approved documentation to get their child life-saving medical treatment, was suddenly stopped, arrested, and deported. No warning. No policy change announcement. Just raw, unchecked power tearing a family apart.
Let’s say what happened plainly: Four American children, including a 10-year-old recovering from brain cancer, were deported alongside their undocumented parents. This isn’t an accident—it’s a deliberate escalation in a system that keeps overstepping, targeting vulnerable people who have done nothing wrong.
The officers didn’t care that the little girl recovering from brain cancer needed urgent medical care. They didn’t care that four American children were about to be forcibly deported with their undocumented parents. They didn’t care that this family had done everything right in the past. They weren’t interested in hearing it.
For years, this family followed the same routine—crossing a checkpoint with documentation from doctors and lawyers to get life-saving medical treatment for their 10-year-old daughter. Every time before, it was fine. But this time, without warning, the rules changed.
This is not about laws. This is about basic human decency. When you suddenly change policies that families have relied on for years—without notifying them, without a transition plan—you are deliberately setting them up for suffering.
This administration has shown time and again that rules, precedent, and even basic human rights mean nothing when they stand in the way of their agenda. They didn’t just deport a family; they changed the rules in real-time to justify it. And they’ll do it again.
Now the question becomes: Who’s next?
Originally Posted By u/transcendent167
At 2025-03-17 05:48:42 PM
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