RETURN TO SENDER/ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

[HairOfTheDog]

I don't think there is a reunification plan in place. Some parents have already been deported and their child/children are still here, somewhere, the parents don't know. There are babies & toddlers out there who can't express themselves. There will be families who are broken forever.

When some parents begin the journey to get to America they do so against all odds because fleeing to the unknown is better than where they come from. They want to live, they want their kids to live, many leave because they fear for their lives. They don't journey through the most dangerous place on earth because they want a fucking handout.

I hope the press continues to do its job on this issue and pursues reunification diligently.

Nielsen said earlier this week that only Congress could end the family separation policy. When asked about ending it with Executive Order, Trump said that was impossible. Of course, they were both lying.

Anyway, unfortunately, it doesn't matter how many times you point out the very tough challenges and dangers most of these migrants have to endure to escape certain death or violence at home, there is still around ¹⁄₃ of the U.S. population that buys into the white nationalist propaganda or won't look past their own prejudices. They'll keep viewing migrants as rapists, gang members, murderers, Democrat operatives who will illegally vote, lazy slackers who come here to get welfare, etc..

There are some 'bad hombres' who cross the border, no doubt about it. I support strong border security and immigration processing. But evidence shows that immigrant populations commit less crime than others within the U.S., they generally work very hard - many times at jobs that American citizens aren't willing to perform, and they put more into the economy than they receive.

I just saw that a vote will still be taken on the House floor tomorrow, revised to exclude ending the family separation practice. I'm not sure if the two competing bills were combined or not. I'll be interested to read the details when they're published.