As the federal narrative around President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy rapidly shifts, and Congress struggles to draft legislation to ensure humane treatment of children and their families at the border, the nation's mayors and governors are scrambling to take what local action they can.
Recently, 19 mayors of large United States cities gathered in Tornillo, Texas, hoping to get a glimpse of the 1,500 children being held in a detention facility there, only to be denied access by the Department of Homeland Security.
At a press conference later that day, the bipartisan coalition of city leaders who make up the U.S. Conference of Mayors called on Congress to pass legislation reuniting families as soon as possible, following an internal resolution passed last week condemning the family separation policy. Several mayors, including Los Angeles' Eric Garcetti, characterized Trump's executive order stopping the separation of children and parents as a small step that brought up more questions than answers.
[For more on this story by SARAH HOLDER, go to https://psmag.com/social-justi...o-tolerance-policies]
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