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The Government Couldn’t Even Keep Track of the Families It Tore Apart

The family-separation disaster wasn’t just cruel; it was sloppy. By July 3, the administration’s inability to identify, locate, and reunite separated families was becoming a separate scandal of its own. That operational failure exposed how recklessly Trump-world had rolled out a brutal policy without the machinery needed to clean up after it.

Why it matters: Tracking failure

First recorded Jul 3, 2018·Meaningfully updated Jul 3, 2018

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The Government Couldn’t Even Keep Track of the Families It Tore Apart

The family-separation disaster wasn’t just cruel; it was sloppy. By July 3, the administration’s inability to identify, locate, and reunite separated families was becoming a separate scandal of its own. That operational failure exposed how recklessly Trump-world had rolled out a brutal policy without the machinery needed to clean up after it.

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The Government Couldn’t Even Keep Track of the Families It Tore Apart

The family-separation disaster wasn’t just cruel; it was sloppy. By July 3, the administration’s inability to identify, locate, and reunite separated families was becoming a separate scandal of its own. That operational failure exposed how recklessly Trump-world had rolled out a brutal policy without the machinery needed to clean up after it.

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