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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI can't emphasize too much how fucked up this actually is. A recipe for a never-ending tragedy...
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Dodging it for about six weeks. Ugh. Such jerks.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)Fla Dem
(23,352 posts)then sent them all over the US. Who knows where they will end up? Older ones working in the field where the farmers can't get enough migrant workers? Babies sold to who knows who. This is a major scandal. Someone should be held to account for this tragedy.
Initech
(99,915 posts)Why don't they start with people in their own fucking party?
2naSalit
(86,061 posts)that they are not exactly the "chosen ones" they want us to believe they are.
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,433 posts)...with crimes against children, humanity. He and is regime are child abusers.
duhneece
(4,105 posts)I hadnt heard the term used before but that is exactly what it is
skylucy
(3,734 posts)wonkwest
(463 posts)About how the language barrier is wielded against people. Fuck. I speak Spanish. Bring me in!
Its a crime against humanity. You know, when humanity had actual definition.
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)and we had them sign written documents in English.
wonkwest
(463 posts)If I can vaguely speak fluent Spanish, certainly our officials can.
I'm beginning to think there's a pretense.
Were not supposed to be these people.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)wrote the Policy and created this mess. TPM had a story about this earlier today. Pure Racist hate filled individual as per the story.
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)all over this. We must harass these cretins everywhere and all the time. Harass them outside the office and their homes. They did this to Miller before (and it worked). They did it to Fuckubee Sanders, Neilsen, and McConnell (twice) and it worked. They all left without eating and Mitch's mommy/wife had to defend poor hubby from the nasty people calling him names. WOMP WOMP! Harass them 24/7!!!
If I were in DC I would make this my daily mission. My reps are Dems so I can't nail them during their Summer Recess but those of you who have GOP reps...HARASS them during their "vacation"....and do not stop!
Sophia4
(3,515 posts)Absolutely unAmerican.
It's unbelievable.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,789 posts)uponit7771
(90,225 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,789 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)most whole-heartedly
2naSalit
(86,061 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)sick republican shit.
republicans will roast in hell for what they've done to families and children
NBachers
(17,007 posts)CrispyQ
(36,231 posts)Evil fuckers, every one.
cp
(6,543 posts)RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)I wish I'd captured who said that. But they were 100% correct.
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)"Here sign this and everything will be just dandy. Don't have a
magnifying glass for the fine print? Hey, don't worry about it."
flying_wahini
(6,529 posts)Something like..... have you seen this child? If you have a foster child in your home please contact the state dept immediately!
BeCause they don't Fuckin Care, that's why.
Stuart G
(38,365 posts)There are more, but they will arrive when the time is right..
Demovictory9
(32,324 posts)world wide wally
(21,719 posts)Outrage is what our country was born on.
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)The public should let their feelings known. These are
the times that try men's souls ... Thomas Paine.
KT2000
(20,544 posts)that over 900 children will not be reunited with their parents. No reason given.
mythology
(9,527 posts)Only an idiot would separate kids from parents without making damn sure they know which kid goes with which parent. And only an evil (in this case the evil is in the form of racism) ass would have separated them in the first place.
my feeling is that these children will stay in facilities until they are 18 and then deported - after trump declares himself "dear leader."
spanone
(135,636 posts)malaise
(267,823 posts)For truth
choie
(4,102 posts)Why was this done - to what end? Is it pure inhumanity?
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)... program in Nazi Germany
Instead Hitler was just killing them all in the name of purifying German blood
The Nazi regime didn't think anyone cared do to Hitler's consummate wanting to cleanse German Society but there was such an uproar about it he cancelled at the program.
they try to do it in secret also but there was a lot of protests in regards to it.
this is a type of mentality we are dealing with they are depraved and they are in their own social bubble so they don't understand Humanity like the General Public.
Crunchy Frog
(26,548 posts)And would they supercede the court order?
I would think that some lower level officials could and should be arrested for contempt of court.
FakeNoose
(32,356 posts)...also many of them have been kicked out of the country. Or, they're locked up for who knows how long?
Some bi-lingual lawyers are trying to help these people (for no charge) but it's so huge and complex. Many of the children are so small they don't know their own names or their parents' names.
Why hasn't the Supreme Court stepped in and stopped this? Or the higher courts of Texas and other border states where it's happening?
LuckyCharms
(17,287 posts)Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)uponit7771
(90,225 posts)dlk
(11,438 posts)They have shown us who they really are. We need to believe them.
ismnotwasm
(41,921 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)November 6th.
Give it all you have.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Hekate
(90,202 posts)Trump and his giggling little goblin are criminals
dchill
(38,322 posts)AmandaRuth
(3,105 posts)Whole working life, and this is giving me nightmares. Just want to point out, this whole shitshow is rooted in tRumps white supremacy ideology.
summer_in_TX
(2,685 posts)Kids are in danger, and I move from spot to spot trying my best to save them. But I keep finding more. Ugh. Hard to sleep.
I traveled from Central Texas down to McAllen last week with a small mission team from my Methodist. We hoped to have some on our team observing and documenting immigration court cases and others helping at the Catholic Charities RGV Humanitarian Respite Center. But it turned out no cases were on the docket so we all helped at the Humanitarian Respite Center. The volunteers working there do amazing work and treat the immigrants as valued guests.
Once the border checkpoints process the immigrants and finds them eligible to release to await deportation proceedings or asylum claims evaluation, CPB brings them to the respite center, where they get access to showers and clean clothing, a chance to call family they plan to stay with, food, toys and books and craft time for the kids, tickets and transportation to catch a bus to wherever they're going, provided with supplies and food for their trip, and more. The Catholic nuns running the mission are remarkable, and they're doing incredible work in rather cramped quarters, with the support of other denominations that are partners in their work.
applegrove
(118,022 posts)have an immigration hearing they had to give up parental rights. If they wanted to retain parental rights to their children they had to give up their child's right to an immigration hearing. That was on CTV News in canada. It is almost as if someone was trolling when they made up the application.
no_hypocrisy
(45,774 posts)1. They didn't know what they were signing.
2. They were misled to the terms of the contract by people who wanted them to sign the documents.
3. They never intended to give up their children.
whathehell
(28,969 posts)sellitman
(11,596 posts)She needs to elevate this to national attention.
Progressive dog
(6,862 posts)when their leader instructs them to. That is unAmerican.