nice summary, thanks

Very useful summary, thanks!

I missed to make a comment ... some years back, it was published that thanks to some USA agency backed operation (I don't recall if it was CIA?) , thousands of firearms ended up in Mexico's drug cartels.

They can be detained indefinitely, there are many of articles discussing it. Lets be serious, keeping adults and kids on jail is one thing, keeping adult parents and their children together is another.

No, can't let people enter illegally. They should be held accountable, but it doesn't mean that we have to separate them from their children or detain them for indefinite time.

btw, for some of info , take a look at these videos if not done yet :

There are so many factors and history that cause this situation that it's hard to cover all points in answer. And you raise good points,. The law is perverse, and the legislators that passed it are as

If he did, it was. I'm not defending Obama. He even supported some of the policy that lets Trump and Sessions do this. But Trump decided to enforce it now, when he could have done something else. Trump,

This is inhuman handling of poor and desperate people, and in particular of innocent children, without respect to human rights.. Inline with today's Trump's announcement: US withdraws from UN Human Rights

This is inhuman. What's Happening at the Border Is Torture:

Very likely China will surpass the US in the next years. While China is developing business, the USA has dedicated its resources to war, unfortunately.