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originally posted by: Dfairlite
a reply to: vonclod
We would much rather not take them into custody and just turn them back into the desert from whence they came. You ok with that?
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
a reply to: Krakatoa
The Obama Administration had a "catch and release" policy for families and non-criminal migrants. Remember? The Obama Administration didn't have a "no tolerance" policy of detaining and separating children from every family unit that entered the USA, either at the border or between check points. That' all Trump and his cronies.
It was the Trump Administration that did away with "catch and release" and instituted a "no tolerance" policy, which is why we have so many children in detention right now.
Mr. Obama’s Dubious Detention Centers
By The Editorial Board
July 18, 2016
And the centers stand on dubious legal ground. Last year, a district judge ruled that the administration was violating a 1997 court-ordered settlement, called the Flores agreement, that governs the treatment of underage migrants who seek asylum or enter the country illegally. The judge said the children were being held for too long, and ordered the administration to release them as quickly as possible to the care of relatives or other guardians as their cases move through the immigration courts.
The administration appealed, saying that the agreement applied only to children who had crossed the border alone, not those who were accompanied by parents or other adult relatives. On July 6, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit disagreed, upholding the district ruling that Flores covers all children, accompanied or not. But it said the administration could still detain their parents.
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The Democrats are forcing the breakup of families at the Border with their horrible and cruel legislative agenda. Any Immigration Bill MUST HAVE full funding for the Wall, end Catch & Release, Visa Lottery and Chain, and go to Merit Based Immigration. Go for it! WIN!
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
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In other words, "Democrats make me harm children and breakup families when they don't do as I say!"
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
a reply to: ElectricUniverse
I remember very well the bus loads of undocumented children that the Obama Administration had to deal. I live near one of the communities that refused to house them, and staged a protest on the freeway to make the busses turn around.
originally posted by: xuenchen
a reply to: Sookiechacha
How do they catch and release unaccompanied children ? 😦
You've got to wonder where the left thinks these illegal children should live...