07-02-2018, 04:03 PM
The Trump administration claims that hundreds of migrant families have now been reunited, which leaves thousands more which remain separated, without any clearly defined reunification plan.
Hundreds of thousands of people across the United States and Canada gathered to protest Trump's and Sessions' child separation policy this weekend.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/immigratio...-1.4729785
It looks highly unlikely that the Trump Administration is going to meet the reunification deadlines set by the Federal court in San Diego. I don't know the status of the request to extend child detention (with parents) to beyond 20 days. The governmental agencies in charge are not providing a lot of information or access to congresspersons or the press.
In the meantime, some elected Democrats are calling for the abolishment of ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement). Trump claims that calling for the abolishment of ICE = calling for open borders. That's not true. But, I do agree with Trump that Democrats calling for the agency's abolishment probably benefits Republicans when it comes to elections. I think most of us fall somewhere between the two extremes in our views on immigration.
Just like there are abusive asshole cops who need to be booted, there are abusive asshole ICE agents that should never hold such authority and need to be checked immediately. Police departments and ICE both need reforming, but there is not just cause to abolish either, in my opinion.
I think Dems and activists should also be prepared for some migrant parents who don't want to be reunited with their kids as well. Some of the migrant parents likely know that they have very little chance of getting asylum in the U.S. these days and would rather have their kids placed with relatives or foster families in the U.S. than have them quickly deported back to the violence and/or poverty they fled.
Hundreds of thousands of people across the United States and Canada gathered to protest Trump's and Sessions' child separation policy this weekend.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/immigratio...-1.4729785It looks highly unlikely that the Trump Administration is going to meet the reunification deadlines set by the Federal court in San Diego. I don't know the status of the request to extend child detention (with parents) to beyond 20 days. The governmental agencies in charge are not providing a lot of information or access to congresspersons or the press.
In the meantime, some elected Democrats are calling for the abolishment of ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement). Trump claims that calling for the abolishment of ICE = calling for open borders. That's not true. But, I do agree with Trump that Democrats calling for the agency's abolishment probably benefits Republicans when it comes to elections. I think most of us fall somewhere between the two extremes in our views on immigration.
Just like there are abusive asshole cops who need to be booted, there are abusive asshole ICE agents that should never hold such authority and need to be checked immediately. Police departments and ICE both need reforming, but there is not just cause to abolish either, in my opinion.
I think Dems and activists should also be prepared for some migrant parents who don't want to be reunited with their kids as well. Some of the migrant parents likely know that they have very little chance of getting asylum in the U.S. these days and would rather have their kids placed with relatives or foster families in the U.S. than have them quickly deported back to the violence and/or poverty they fled.