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ProudMNDemocrat

(16,506 posts)
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 12:05 PM Jun 2019

Lindsey Graham introduces bill to extend detention of migrant children from 20 to 100 days

Source: CBS News Graham wants the cruelty to remain intact.....

Sen. Lindsey Graham is introducing a new bill that he says will help stop the flow of immigrants from Central America and "regain control of our border." Graham claimed that current caps in law have led to the escalation of immigrants traveling to the border as well as those in government custody

"We have a perfect storm brewing at the border because of a series of broken and outdated laws related to asylum and children," said Graham. "No matter how high the wall will be built...no matter how many agents you put at the border, they'll keep coming because they want to get caught."

Graham's bill would reverse a long-standing order on detention dubbed the "20-day rule." The rule, adopted after the 1997 Supreme Court Flores agreement, which set the nation's rules for the treatment of immigrant minors in federal custody, says that migrant children, whether they arrived with family or are unaccompanied, cannot be held in detention for more than 20 days. Graham's bill would instead recommend holding migrant children with their families for 100 days.

[link:https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lindsey-graham-introduces-bill-to-extend-detention-of-migrant-children-from-20-to-100-days/?fbclid=IwAR3EhvpP-_XxswFSxLEy0sP7CaYQnl50nWGaW8SQSsW4prafE_5UTzaAhEQ|

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Lindsey Graham introduces bill to extend detention of migrant children from 20 to 100 days (Original Post) ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2019 OP
How about putting Lindsey in detention for 100 days? Meadowoak Jun 2019 #1
In a Cell alone with a man named Junior or Bubba. ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2019 #4
He would probably never want to leave. Meadowoak Jun 2019 #6
In a cell alone with no one FiveGoodMen Jun 2019 #28
I propose throwing Lindsey Graham into a concentration camp for 100 days. lagomorph777 Jun 2019 #2
I lile that. True Blue American Jun 2019 #26
That bug-eyed M.F. needs to be investigated. Greybnk48 Jun 2019 #3
Of course he is.... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2019 #5
He is on Putin's payroll. Meadowoak Jun 2019 #8
From an old Johnny Paycheck song: Dirty Socialist Jun 2019 #7
Lindsey Graham is an evil, evil man. Yavin4 Jun 2019 #9
+1,000! EOM TruckFump Jun 2019 #38
At $775/child/day, the add'l 80 days amounts to NewDayOranges Jun 2019 #10
Obviously he has a huge stake in the for-profit 'camps'. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #30
Yup- Follow the money- They are profiting off of the suffering tulipsandroses Jun 2019 #41
It strains my imagination to see what these people are doing..... panader0 Jun 2019 #11
Strains me to think that almost no one I know (offline) is outraged FiveGoodMen Jun 2019 #29
He is on record that he wants to torture children, and we sit here and do nothing Eliot Rosewater Jun 2019 #12
Links? Eom Dirty Socialist Jun 2019 #13
Is this sarcasm? the BILL is TORTURE, Eliot Rosewater Jun 2019 #17
Is that the torture of children? Dirty Socialist Jun 2019 #19
We need a Lindsey investigation to determine why he is a drumpf accomplice. democratisphere Jun 2019 #14
The Republican M.O. Ohiogal Jun 2019 #15
So Lindsey is admitting Trump's wall is an incredibly expensive taxpayer funded scam!!! Freethinker65 Jun 2019 #16
I might be banned for this, but Dirty Socialist Jun 2019 #18
Jeez - the photos they've got on Lindsey must be something to see. Vinca Jun 2019 #20
Hopefully! EOM TruckFump Jun 2019 #39
They were already violating the rule, so he just changed it so they wouldn't be breaking the law? Frustratedlady Jun 2019 #21
This! nt chowder66 Jun 2019 #22
From the movie "Demetrius And The Gladiators" Dirty Socialist Jun 2019 #23
Bingo! Frustratedlady Jun 2019 #24
make it go away... stillcool Jun 2019 #25
Methinks good ol' Linsey hath too much time on his hands. grumpyduck Jun 2019 #27
They are rubbing our faces in it kacekwl Jun 2019 #31
we need to detain Lindsey Graham himself in one of these camps . AllaN01Bear Jun 2019 #32
Warehousing enslavement for profit... Thomas Hurt Jun 2019 #33
STFU Lindsay bdamomma Jun 2019 #34
This Irony Isn't Funny. MineralMan Jun 2019 #35
He's Faux pas Jun 2019 #36
the global right wing: superpatriotman Jun 2019 #37
You're on to something there Dirty Socialist Jun 2019 #40

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
2. I propose throwing Lindsey Graham into a concentration camp for 100 days.
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 12:08 PM
Jun 2019

...along with Trump, McConnell and the rest of their evil minions.

Greybnk48

(10,149 posts)
3. That bug-eyed M.F. needs to be investigated.
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 12:10 PM
Jun 2019

There's something fishy going on with him and his crazy behavior all of a sudden. He's being black-mailed.

NewDayOranges

(691 posts)
10. At $775/child/day, the add'l 80 days amounts to
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 12:15 PM
Jun 2019

An add'l $62,000/child that the US taxpayer will be forking over to the for-profit prison/human warehousing industry!

sheshe2

(83,359 posts)
30. Obviously he has a huge stake in the for-profit 'camps'.
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 01:44 PM
Jun 2019

It clear he is doing this for his personal gain.

-Welcome to DU, NewDayOranges.

tulipsandroses

(5,094 posts)
41. Yup- Follow the money- They are profiting off of the suffering
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 04:18 PM
Jun 2019

This is just like the for profit prison system. Lock people up, fill the jails/prison. We don't care how many people/family's lives we ruin. Lock em up for any bullshit. Heck, we won't even do our due diligence in some instances to find out if they are truly guilty. Tax payers pay and some scumbag gets a contract and makes money at the taxpayer's expense.

This crisis is actually profitable to them. Under Obama- border crossings were lower. Obama worked with the various countries and sent them Aid - Of course anything Obama did - Trump undid.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
11. It strains my imagination to see what these people are doing.....
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 12:17 PM
Jun 2019

My outrage meter was broken two years ago. Now my mind is almost broken.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
29. Strains me to think that almost no one I know (offline) is outraged
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 01:43 PM
Jun 2019

I hate most everyone I meet.

Seems almost like an obligation.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,097 posts)
12. He is on record that he wants to torture children, and we sit here and do nothing
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 12:18 PM
Jun 2019

Let me know when 2 million of you are willing to hit the streets HARD, I dont know exactly what I mean by hard but polite signs aint gonna cut it anymore.

Vinca

(50,173 posts)
20. Jeez - the photos they've got on Lindsey must be something to see.
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 12:37 PM
Jun 2019

I think if John McCain was still alive he'd strangle Lindsey.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
21. They were already violating the rule, so he just changed it so they wouldn't be breaking the law?
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 12:41 PM
Jun 2019

Good move, Lindsey. You just go with the Republican method...rewrite the rules to fit your violations. What's next, 200 days?

Idiots!

Dirty Socialist

(3,249 posts)
23. From the movie "Demetrius And The Gladiators"
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 12:46 PM
Jun 2019

Demetrius: “I followed the rules”
Caligula: “We CHANGED the rules!!!”

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
33. Warehousing enslavement for profit...
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 01:49 PM
Jun 2019

Don't spend any more money on judges or lawyers or staff to clear dockets and give people the process they are due.

Instead you purposely hold them to soak the taxpayer for the benefit of the private prison industry.

https://money.cnn.com/2017/02/24/investing/private-prison-stocks-soar-trump/index.html

Lindsay is just making good on what the GOPs prison industry wanted. They saw it coming when Trump was elected.

bdamomma

(63,665 posts)
34. STFU Lindsay
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 01:49 PM
Jun 2019

"they do want to be caught" they want a better life.

WTF what about your relatives didn't they immigrant to the US from another country?????? common sense and facts are out the window.

The more we protest this they (Congress) will fucking do something. Don't fuck around with those of us who believe in being humane and civil and being welcoming of those who want a better life and want to come to the US to have at least a chance to make it.

superpatriotman

(6,232 posts)
37. the global right wing:
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 02:01 PM
Jun 2019

trying to stop the great beige/brown migration through fear instead of recognizing it as a gift to humanity

Dirty Socialist

(3,249 posts)
40. You're on to something there
Wed Jun 26, 2019, 02:39 PM
Jun 2019

The Global Right Wing. It is one of the biggest threats to humanity today. Kind of like The Iron Curtain last century.

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