Comments on: Letter from Rep Mike Kelly on Separation of Children from Parents at the Border

By: momfromsa

momfromsa — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 06:40:57 +0000

“This includes prioritizing cases involving the unlawful transportation or harboring of aliens, especially when the individual was illegally brought into the United States to facilitate future criminal activities.”
Oh, so we can punish people now for things they might do in the future?

By: thatotherjean

thatotherjean — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 21:48:38 +0000

In reply to ken. Not one of that stripe, anyway, and I wouldn't hold out much hope for a completely honest answer from one on either side of the aisle.

By: xulon

xulon — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 21:12:46 +0000

In reply to Gregory Peterson. I'm aware that they're not all Mexican. It's really President Trump and White Supremacist Sessions who can't tell the difference. Hell, they can't even tell Puerto Rico.

By: Gregory Peterson

Gregory Peterson — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 19:34:50 +0000

In reply to xulon.

Actually, I think that many of the people are from unstable areas in Central America and had to cross Mexico to get to our border.

Of course Hispanic/Indigenous American people from Christian countries to the south aren’t the only unwelcomed immigrants trying to enter the country. I wonder what’s going on with them.

By: thatotherjean

thatotherjean — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 18:53:19 +0000

Well, Mike Kelly’s answer to you, Dr. Throckmorton, was a bucket of warm syrup, and essentially meaningless. He will “monitor this situation”, while doing nothing to stop it, like so many other Republican members of Congress. Meanwhile, the kidnapping and incarceration of immigrant children continues.

By: xulon

xulon — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 18:21:45 +0000

I see where Pro-Slavery, heavily invested in for profit prison AG Sessions said that he doesn’t “wish” to incarcerate children and if we had a wall, he wouldn’t have to. The other shoe drops: Hey Mexico. We’ve got 60,000 of your children are you gonna pay for the wall now?”

By: Tacitus

Tacitus — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 17:46:19 +0000

In reply to thatotherjean. It was more than that. It's pretty clear he believes it's an unfortunate but unavoidable consequence of necessary action to secure the border. As long as he continues to believe that, he will do nothing about it.

By: ken

ken — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 16:07:19 +0000

In reply to thatotherjean. You were expecting a direct, honest answer from a politician? clearly you aren't American :)

By: ken

ken — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 15:11:48 +0000

In reply to Erp. Here is the WHOLE quote (emphasis added):

Families who do not illegally enter the country and instead use the legal process of requesting asylum at ports of entry are kept together while their request is processed.

The problem is, Session (and the WH) just wants to focus on those who entered illegally while others are talking about those who enter legally. It would be useful to know the percentages of those 2 groups.

By: ken

ken — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 13:19:38 +0000

In reply to Erp. Yes, I am aware of that. Just because the conviction is vacated (or the charges dropped) doesn't mean they didn't do something illegal. However, what you are missing is many who enter illegally aren't seeking asylum. They are only requesting it AFTER they have been caught. Many see this as a stalling tactic (and in a lot of cases that is just what it is), to avoid deportation. Certainly, many anti-immigrant types are using that as a justification for the detentions.