As much as I love children and my heart goes out to each one of them that are being separated from their parents because of illegally entering America...I also hate the fact that Trump is getting all the blame for this...when it's something that has been happening all along...long before Trump became President. I certainly don't want children to be separated from their parents unless the parents are abusing their children, etc. But I don't want Trump blamed either when it's the laws that have to be changed so this doesn't happen anymore.
Babs, I believe it was done as a result of a law passed and signed during the Clinton Administration. There were more than twice as many children separated from their parents during 2014 (Obama Administration--25,000) as during the current "crisis" in 2018 (Trump Administration--12,000). Of those 12,000, 10,000 were sent to the border unaccompanied by their parents. I believe similar proportions were sent during the crisis years that nobody had a problem with during the latter Obama years. What do you do with unaccompanied minors who are separated from their parents BY their parents? The Clinton law (I believe passed in 1994, but not sure) mandated that children be separated from their parents if the parents violated Federal law. Guess what? Entering the country illegally is a violation of Federal law! The Trump Administration is simply enforcing a law that has been enforced inconsistently by past administrations. Would it be better to house the children and their parents alongside the MS 13 members and other adults? I agree with you. The media is trying to get the focus away from the failing "Russia investigation", the good job numbers, the rolling economy, and North Korea. It is another manufactured crisis.
I don't know but it sounds like a big old mess to me and sad one. I don't know what the laws where before because I didn't pay attention, but now my question is... What is going to happen to the children? I also don't see all illegals as criminals and Gang members...yes, it's against the law but not the same in my eyes. It's the difference between a bad person losing their child and going to jail and just a person fleeing a country losing their child. Very sad in that case. Sometimes in the other case...where parents are drug addicts etc and lose their children it may be a good thing but that's not always true either...foster care doesn't have the best reputation. I know this won't be the popular opinion on here but I don't care. Although I came to this country legally I do have some compassion for the illegals who only want a better life and work very hard for it. Yes, not everyone is like that but I think it becomes obvious very quickly who the gang members and criminals are. Canada is alway saying how open they are in accepting refugees...maybe they should take some from Mexico and Central America. They don't though.... Guess I'm just a bleeding heart conservative...Is there such a thing?
Yes, I know it has been going on for years and they are just bringing it to the "front lines" to try to make Trump look bad again. But it's going to end up back firing in their faces because it can be proven that this has been going on during the terms of many past Presidents and they did nothing to end it then. Them bringing it up now just might begin the process of finally changing some laws in this area. Still we have to all realize that criminals, drug pushers, and terrorists will all use little children to get into America...and they will destroy those children in the process if that's what it takes. Trump is right to stand firm against these kinds of people...there are already to many of them here in America just waiting for a signal from whomever to cause destruction and death all over America. And our FBI, etc. has corruption going on so how can we even trust that they are keeping tabs on these enemies of ours that are already here...much less the ones trying to come in.
It's never really about the issues...you're worried it makes Trump look bad. Before someone would worry it made Obama look bad. That's the problem...everyone always taking their side and never doing what's right. @Babs Hunt ...how many Mexican children have blown up a building?
We have quite a few Mexican families living in the Huntsville area, some are probably illegal , and some probably are not. There is reallly no way to tell just by looking at someone , at least for the most part. I am impressed with the little families that I see here. The mothers are dressed nice, the little kids are dressed nice, clean clothes, and the parents do a good job of supervising them. A lot of the construction workers here are Mexican, and also many of the people who work in the food and beverage industry. Truthfully, most of the Hispanic people look better than the black people and the white people that we see living in this part of town. I have never seen a Hispanic person covered in ugly tattoos and piercings, and the men wear their pants up where pants are supposed to go, and not hanging down around their knees. Mexicans are not the ones that are out shooting guns and fighting in the middle of the street all weekend long, either. Even their music is much better that what is being boomed out of most of the car stereos that go down our street. I think that it would be good if these people were allowed the opportunity to become citizens, and I believe that they are an asset to this country. On the other hand, the ones that we see (on television) that are marching against American traditions and people, and who are militant Hispanics; I see no reason at all to let those people stay here and do nothing except cause trouble. Also, the ones who are arrested for crimes should be sent back to Mexico. We do not need that kind here either, and sometimes it would be nice if we could send some of the other ones (criminals and trouble-makers) back somewhere , too.
Chrissy, I am not worried about anyone trying to make Trump look bad. What I am saying is that this isn't something new that they can blame on Trump like they are trying to do. It's been going on and will continue until they change the laws other Presidents...not Trump put in place. There's no doubt in my mind that a terrorist would use a child in a heart beat if it would help him enter this Country, and even be evil enough to strap a bomb on a child and blow up that child and whatever his target is too. Trump can't make any changes with what has been going on for years by himself. Those who are putting the blame on him are often the very ones who need to work with him to make things better and change the laws the former Presidents put into effect.
Well yes, a terrorist would strap,a bomb to a child...I don't dispute that...just don't think that our terrorism worries are from Mexico. I don't think there's any easy answer to this... Except start from scratch maybe...not who made what law when and whose fault is what. That's always our problem. Each side blaming the other...it's all about winning an election and not really solving the problem.
I think that the good ones should be allowed that opportunity too...but first you have to find out who the good ones are. I also know there are many good Mexican people and families already here in America and a few of those were our neighbors when we lived in Jacksonville, FL. So I want the laws to change to allow good, hard working people to stay here and get their citizenship too. Our Government has to start working together with their President to do this...but they would rather act like a bunch of two year olds and blame our President instead of doing their jobs. We don't in my opinion need to impeach our President...but we sure do need to impeach or clean house of almost all of those officials we have elected to the Senate and House, etc. Unfortunately they are the ones who have passed laws for their own benefit and not the American people. Or anyone else that might want to become an American.
Oh there's an easy answer in my opinion. Work with your President and change the laws towards immigrants so they won't have to come in illegally to work towards citizenship. Somebody made the laws that make it almost impossible to do this...now somebody needs to change these laws. And terrorists will come in from all over Chrissy. It's nothing for a terrorist to hop a plane to Mexico or already be there...and find a way to come in to the US. Trump is doing the best he can to protect our Country from terrorism and if that means a little inconvenience for those coming into our borders illegally...then so be it. Those children might have separation from their parents for a short while but they aren't being abused and even in the warehouse are probably living and eating better than they were in Mexico. We are not hearing the whole story...only what the biased News people want us to hear.
I blame all of them...past and POTUS and congress, etc etc. ... this has been gong on it seems forever. Instead of coming up with a doable plan, they want to sling blame and a dilly dally around. I do not know what the answer is, but there must be a better way to handle the whole situation. I started to rattle on, but will stop for now.
I read that Mexican adults are using their kids to try and get into the U.S.. They pretty much know that there are those that will have a lot of compassion for the children and that's exactly what their parents are hoping for. They keep saying that they want to escape the gangs and drug lords of their country. Well, we have the same thing here...…..gangs and drug dealers. So, what are they escaping? Nothing. There is poverty where they come from and many of them settle in areas of poverty here in the U.S. I totally understand what Trump says about not letting the U.S. become an illegal immigrant camp. A Border Agent spoke on CNN this afternoon and basically made Brooke Baldwin LISTEN to what he had to say and everything he stated was absolute truth. Border Agents will have nothing to do with all of those "passion-feeling" people in the U.S.. "We have a job to do and we will do it, no matter what kind of backlash we get." he stated.