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Meet the anti-abortion Trump appointee taking care of separated kids
By Jack Shafer



Scott Lloyd has spent little time working with refugees in a career largely devoted to promoting Catholic causes, including rolling back abortion rights and protecting religious minorities in the Middle East from persecution. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance border enforcement policy has thrust thousands of migrant children into the care of a single health agency led by an anti-abortion crusader with little background in refugee resettlement.

The separation strategy — which Trump moved to reverse Wednesday amid growing furor — is raising fresh questions about whether HHS’ Office of Refugee Resettlement has the leadership or resources to properly care for and reunify more than 2,300 children scattered in shelters across the nation.

The office’s director, Scott Lloyd, has scant expertise resettling refugees in a career largely devoted to promoting Catholic causes, including rolling back abortion rights and protecting religious minorities in the Middle East from persecution.

Read more at: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/21/scott-lloyd-anti-abortion-separated-kids-642094

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Re: Meet the anti-abortion Trump appointee taking care of separated kids
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2018, 12:21:21 am »
Wow, that's some tie!  What the heck?  Somehow being anti abortion makes you unable to care for children?  Maybe it would be better to list the requirement you think a person needs.
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