Weekly civic intelligence report ยท v2.2
Trump administration announces plans to restart family detention for immigrants. This represents a return to controversial detention policies.
Family detention policy restart scores 18.2 on constitutional damage (civil_rights:4 for vulnerable population detention, rule_of_law:3 for enforcement discretion, violence:2 for coercive detention conditions, election:2 for immigration policy positioning). Enforcement mechanism adds 15% modifier, federal scope 10%. Severity: durability 1.1 (policy can persist), reversibility 0.9 (administratively changeable), precedent 1.0 (returns to prior practice). B-score 24.3 driven by high outrage potential (8) and media coverage (7), with moderate strategic signaling (intentionality:8). Delta of -6.1 indicates slight hype excess but both scores near threshold creates ambiguity. Civil rights impact is real but policy is announced not yet implemented, reducing immediate constitutional damage.
Monitor for: (1) actual implementation timeline and facility conditions, (2) legal challenges on due process/conditions grounds, (3) scope expansion beyond stated parameters, (4) international human rights responses. Constitutional concern escalates significantly upon actual detention of families, particularly children. Track for separation of powers issues if courts intervene.