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In reply to the discussion: Whoa II... Shit Just Got Real... 'Dear Hillary, Let Me Introduce You to My Abuela' - HuffPo [View all]Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)49. Nearly all of the children qualified for asylum even if "responsible adults" are found.
Last year, RAICES carried out more than 2,400 legal intakes for unaccompanied minors in need of lawyers. The group found that 63 percent of these minors were obvious winners for claims of asylum or other relief because their circumstances closely paralleled those seen in other, earlier cases in which asylum had been awarded. Even among the rest of the minors, Ryan said the vast majority still had a fighting chance to move forward with a claim for humanitarian relief.
Those assessments are playing out in court. RAICES has won 98 percent of the cases for unaccompanied minors its lawyers have taken on, Ryan says.
Last summer, when politicians from both parties were making statements that these children were not refugees, that these children all needed to be sent home, my agency was busy speaking with these children, Ryan told HuffPost. The same statements that Clinton made last summer are the same statements being made to legitimize the family detention that she is now apparently against. Whether its [Republican presidential candidate] Mr. [Donald] Trump or Mrs. Clinton, these knee-jerk statements dont do anything to protect children, and they certainly dont do anything to protect vulnerable refugees.
Ashley Feasley, the advocacy director for Catholic Legal Immigration Network, said her group has had a similar experience.
We at CLINIC know from representing immigrant children that when they have access to legal representation, theyre usually able to obtain protection under U.S. law -- and thats because in many cases, these children are fleeing persecution, targeted violence and gang recruitment, Feasley told HuffPost. The emergency for unaccompanied minor children is not over now that its moved away from the border. Its now in our courtrooms. We have vulnerable children who cannot access justice in our legal system today. And thats an emergency.
Those assessments are playing out in court. RAICES has won 98 percent of the cases for unaccompanied minors its lawyers have taken on, Ryan says.
Last summer, when politicians from both parties were making statements that these children were not refugees, that these children all needed to be sent home, my agency was busy speaking with these children, Ryan told HuffPost. The same statements that Clinton made last summer are the same statements being made to legitimize the family detention that she is now apparently against. Whether its [Republican presidential candidate] Mr. [Donald] Trump or Mrs. Clinton, these knee-jerk statements dont do anything to protect children, and they certainly dont do anything to protect vulnerable refugees.
Ashley Feasley, the advocacy director for Catholic Legal Immigration Network, said her group has had a similar experience.
We at CLINIC know from representing immigrant children that when they have access to legal representation, theyre usually able to obtain protection under U.S. law -- and thats because in many cases, these children are fleeing persecution, targeted violence and gang recruitment, Feasley told HuffPost. The emergency for unaccompanied minor children is not over now that its moved away from the border. Its now in our courtrooms. We have vulnerable children who cannot access justice in our legal system today. And thats an emergency.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-child-migrants_55d4a5c5e4b055a6dab24c2f
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Whoa II... Shit Just Got Real... 'Dear Hillary, Let Me Introduce You to My Abuela' - HuffPo [View all]
WillyT
Dec 2015
OP
And, Hillary Was Named After Sir Edmund Hillary as well... Lest We Forget That...
CorporatistNation
Dec 2015
#68
How I love all incarnations (if that's even conceivable) of the Addams Family!
Proserpina
Dec 2015
#102
" 1) She wears a headscarf 'round the house"..."2) She appreciates good pancake syrup".
Ken Burch
Dec 2015
#66
Hillary embarrasses herself again... I almost feel sorry for her (so out of touch).
InAbLuEsTaTe
Dec 2015
#79
it was so mutual, artislife. they died ten months apart, they were such a love
roguevalley
Dec 2015
#54
American Imperialism to set up confiscation instead of a non-violent plan of resettlement and
DhhD
Dec 2015
#96
I hate to break this to you but everyone that participated in this thread are hereby banned!
Enthusiast
Dec 2015
#18
"Central American children sent back": 70,000 children w/no parent were sent here.
KittyWampus
Dec 2015
#36
Nearly all of the children qualified for asylum even if "responsible adults" are found.
Luminous Animal
Dec 2015
#49
Whoah, Dude... Don't you know denying people's experiences is way bad. You need to listen, man!
Bonobo
Dec 2015
#65
They forget their hypocrisies from day to day; they think we'll forget too. Fat chance.
DisgustipatedinCA
Dec 2015
#72
You're such a partisan that I no longer take your opinion with much seriousness.
Bonobo
Dec 2015
#75
Coretta Scott King is beautiful then and now, 23~ It's really nice to know who your avatar is..
Cha
Dec 2015
#89
Good point Bonobo. Situational ethics comes to mind. Our dirty wars, everywhere, have created
sabrina 1
Dec 2015
#83
Even non-unhinged Sanders supporters are saying they don't understand the anger in this OP
Number23
Dec 2015
#85
They Are Talking About Keeping Families Separated... I'm Sure There Are Far Worse Stories...
WillyT
Dec 2015
#60
It's about an privileged Anglo appropriating an intimate bit of Hispanic culture.
Ken Burch
Dec 2015
#64
I meant the image of HRC reading to me at night, not a Hispanic child's Noni.
Ken Burch
Dec 2015
#104