Either way, the U.S. government isn't the preferred guardian for migrant kids. In a normal world, the administration of our new-in-2017 President Trump would be dedicated to fixing the problems. To the contrary, Team Trump rolled out new punitive polices at the border that would have the consequence of tossing hundreds and eventually thousands more children into this growing American gulag. The new policy reflects both the way that xenophobia was central to Trump's election in 2016 and also the fact that demeaning migrants and keeping refugees from reaching American soil seems to be the only thing that personally excites and engages the new president.