06-07-2018, 07:26 PM
(06-07-2018, 05:57 PM)Carsman Wrote:(06-07-2018, 04:54 PM)Duchess Wrote:.
I think it's morally bankrupt to separate families who come here seeking asylum. I hate it. I hate it mostly for the children, I know they're terrified, I know they want their parents. Their fear bothers me so much. Their parents are going through their own hell wondering about their kids.
Yes it's a terrible thing when families come here and then are separated!
The "key words" are who come here, mainly "how" they came here is in question in the administration's mind. Likely the thought process is to make examples of those who seek asylum here illegally, so as to show the terrible fate of those that do it and what awaits them. Sad situation for all those involved.
If there is (was) a better (fairer) way, the administration would surely adopt it. As its currently stands, it seems there is no easy solution to a unpopular (sad) problem.
There is a fairer way, which is the way it was done before. The whole family either got deported together immediately, or they all got granted a hearing in immigration court together.
Removing babies and children from their parents and sending the parents directly to jail is a new Trump/Sessions policy. Chief of Staff Kelly said it was meant to deter border crossings. So far, it doesn’t appear to be working. And even if it were working, it’s inhumane in the eyes of many.
It wouldn’t surprise me if somewhere around half of Americans don’t know our immigration laws and policies (which desperately need smart reform). It’s probably too presumptuous to expect migrants who often aren’t highly fluent in English to understand that the old American philosophy, ‘give us your hungry, tired, and poor — land of opprtunity’, is just a fantasy at this point.