What parallels do you see between the Orphan Train movement, the policies of separating Native American children through boarding schools, forced adoptions, and recent events related to child welfare (e.g., Trump’s policy of zero tolerance regarding family separation in the US/Mexico border and Biden’s lackluster response, policies of child welfare in the pandemic era of schooling)?

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What parallels do you see between the Orphan Train movement, the policies of separating Native American children through boarding schools, forced adoptions, and recent events related to child welfare (e.g., Trump’s policy of zero tolerance regarding family separation in the US/Mexico border and Biden’s lackluster response, policies of child welfare in the pandemic era of schooling)?

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