The absurdity of Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy played out in an Arizona courtroom on Friday.  The scene was chronicled by the AP’s Astrid Galvan in Phoenix:

  • “The 1-year-old boy in a green button-up shirt drank milk from a bottle, played with a small purple ball that lit up when it hit the ground and occasionally asked for “agua.”
  • Then it was the child’s turn for his court appearance before a Phoenix immigration judge, who could hardly contain his unease with the situation during the portion of the hearing where he asks immigrant defendants whether they understand the proceedings.
  • “I’m embarrassed to ask it, because I don’t know who you would explain it to, unless you think that a 1-year-old could learn immigration law,” Judge John W. Richardson told the lawyer representing the 1-year-old boy.”

The hearing on Friday took place at the same time the Trump administration was asking for an extension to a federal court order to reunite the 101 children under 5 years of age currently in federal custody.

How spread out are the children?  ProPublica has produced a map showing facilities housing children near where you live.