Trump immigrant family separation policy

Skeptic Ginger said:
What 65% are you talking about? :confused:
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Voter registration is 65 percent Democratic in Brownsville.

Someone had made a reference to Trumpeters' world stopping at Brownsville. (I doubt if it extends that far south.)
 
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ServiceSoon said:
The claim I heard on NPR was that there has been a substantial increase in attempted illegal border crossings and claims of asylum with children. In fact, an industry has arose in other countries to assist those to take advantage of these laws. The increase in children present in these incidences can easily be attributed to the softer, humane policies imposed only when children are present. The purpose of the Trump policy is to deter using children as bargaining chips to gain entry into the US.
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IMO, the purpose is to give Trump a bargaining chip for trying to get Wall funding. Which he kept saying Mexico would pay for :confused:

Thanks for the link, I will read it.

ETA: That link does not support what you've posted here.

ETA2: And the administration seemed to be *hiding* it somewhat which does not support the deterrence theory. And who the hell thinks it's appropriate to use kids as bargaining chips?
 
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Part of maturity is accepting that the world will throw inequities at you. But empathy and understanding is supposed to lead us to greater discipline and humanity. Yes, doing the right thing is not a deterrent. The solution isn't to do the wrong thing like what is threatening you.

There was a time in my life where I thought the solution was to be hard. That solving my problems was to strip myself of my empathy and inhibition. I was teenager. To see that thinking in adults and elders is pitiful.
 
The only credible deterrent would be to incarcerate and torture everyone who doesn't come with a valid visa to the border - or just shoot them on the spot and put their heads on spikes.
 
The Great Zaganza said:
The only credible deterrent would be to incarcerate and torture everyone who doesn't come with a valid visa to the border - or just shoot them on the spot and put their heads on spikes.
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I think you're ignoring the fact that if they don't cross into the US and we keep 'em on the other side of the border, this falls under the purview of the CIA, not Homeland Security, DoJ, FBI.

And we all know what our thousand-points-of-light caring conservatives think about the rights of non-US citizens not on US soil! Our new CIA director would probably be willing to set up serial waterboarding. Those kids probably have some information we could use.
 
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What do people think of Ted Cruz's outlined bill proposal above? How do you feel it compares to the Feinstein bill being proposed?
 
rdwight said:
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What do people think of Ted Cruz's outlined bill proposal above? How do you feel it compares to the Feinstein bill being proposed?
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A couple of concerns spring immediately to mind:

Those judges will be appointed by the Trump Administration. The idea that they will be in any way impartial is laughable. It's authoritarianism 101, establish a series of kangaroo courts to apply your will while attempting to maintain a veneer of propriety.

Putting an arbitrary deadline on the processing of asylum claims will almost certainly result in decisions being rushed, particularly in the most critical of cases. Given that half of the judges will be recently appointed Trump Administration lackeys, it's removing the option of asylum altogether.
 
Squeegee Beckenheim said:
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How is this even slightly surprising ?

The Trump Administration has worked hard to portray all Hispanics as dangerous gang-members and drug dealers and so those who are coming across the border (allegedly) illegally must be the most dangerous people in the world. This is necessary to protect the US because the DEMS have refused to allow Donald Trump to build his Mexico-funded wall.......:rolleyes:
 
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