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[CNN] Texas is separating families at the border in apparent 'harsh and cruel' shift in policy, immigration attorney says (www.cnn.com)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Again?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are they still looking for those kids they lost last time?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I thought the kids were fine, Texas had just deported the parents and kept the kids.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Abbott just wishes he were mini Trump.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

More GOP "family values."

[+] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why are we treating asylum seekers like criminals?

They only arrested the fathers. Were the mother and child not criminals for doing the exact same thing?

This is cruelty for its own sake. Texas isn't supposed to be enforcing immigration law.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Your made up narrative is very entertaining, but you have no idea what their intentions are and the asylum law makes no distinction.

And again, it's not up to Texas to enforce immigration law.

And again, why only arrest the father?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Its two seperate actions, applying for asylum and illegally immigrating. If they were honest people, they would have gone to an embassy or official border crossing, and applied. Instead they illegally immigrated and only after they got caught did they apply for asylum.

Also crimes can be handled at multiple levels.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Your assumptions are irrelevant.

The law makes no distinction.

Also, why would they only arrest the father if they all broke the law?

Also, why is Texas enforcing immigration law when it's outside of their pervue? They handed the mothers and children over to CBP, so they know the proper procedure; why should they be selectively enforcing the law here?