Trump Slams Nonexistent 'Judge Flores' for Landmark Immigration Ruling Actually Named After Migrant

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'I have to tell you, Judge Flores, whoever you may be, that decision was a disaster for our country,’ he said, at least acknowledging he has no idea who Flores is.

President Trump had a lot to say Friday about a landmark immigration ruling that limits how long the government can detain undocumented migrant children. Unfortunately, his argument took a turn for the incoherent as soon as he publicly called out a nonexistent judge for a 20-day cap on detaining immigrant minors.

Complaining about a build-up of migrants at the border while visiting Calexico, California, Trump blamed it on “some very bad court decisions,” singling out the “Flores decision” as a “disaster.”

“I have to tell you, Judge Flores, whoever you may be, that decision is a disaster for our country,” Trump said during a meeting with border patrol officials.

The “decision” the president was referring to was Reno v. Flores—otherwise known as the Flores Settlement—which protects migrant children from being held indefinitely in custody and grants them certain basic rights, like the right to food, medical assistance, drinking water, and toilets while in detention. The Trump administration tried unsuccessfully to modify the agreement last year to allow for longer detention periods for minors.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-slams-nonexistent-judge-flores-for-landmark-immigration-ruling-actually-named-after-migrant-teen?ref=home

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. How dare he slander a survivor of the Bowling Green Massacre like that! nt

[shanny]

2. Those darn Mexican judges!

[rzemanfl]

3. Fuck you Drumpf, you ignorant Nazi. n/t

[spanone]

4. he specializes in ignorance.

[rzemanfl]

5. I had to add "ignorant" to my subject line, that usually fills itself in

after I key in "fu."

[malaise]

6. spanone spanone spanone

We both know he's a fucking idiot

[spanone]

7. we got that right

[dalton99a]

8. And the Miranda rule is named after another Mexican judge

[rzemanfl]

10. Carmen, right?

[Solly Mack]

9. Unreal.

Damn.

Idiot.