DP.. I think there are different things at play here. There is the approach of avoiding kids go from school to jail pipeline. If they kick those kids out of school, the kids have a much more higher chance of ending up in jail. IMO, I think all kids deserve a chance, BUT, there is a point where those kids shouldn't be in schools with the rest of the kids. IMO, I think those kids need rigid structure like military school. If the are not legal residents here, yes, they should be deported. If they are old enough to be in a gang and commit violence, they are old enough to fend for themselves in their home country. |
And what % of overall illegal immigrants? Also important. |
The whole WaPo article is over 12 kids at Wirt? |
MS-13 seems a lot like the mob, they make money through extortion. Except instead of people being vulnerable because of the mob corrupting the police, people are vulnerable because they fear calling the police either because they're undocumented or their family are undocumented.
MS-13 started here. It's an American phenomenon, just like the mob and other gangs. |
https://cis.org/Report/MS13-Resurgence-Immigration-Enforcement-Needed-Take-Back-Our-Streets "Center researchers reviewed more than 500 cases of MS-13 gang members arrested nationwide since 2012. We conclude that this resurgence represents a very serious threat to public safety in communities where MS-13 has rebuilt itself. The resurgence is directly connected to the illegal arrival and resettlement of more than 300,000 Central American youths and families that has continued unabated for six years, and to a de-prioritization of immigration enforcement in the interior of the country that occurred at the same time. Nevertheless, because such a large share of MS-13 members are not citizens, they are especially vulnerable to law enforcement, and many can be removed from the communities they terrorize. Strategic use of immigration enforcement is a necessary element to disrupting and dismantling MS-13 gangs and any other transnational criminal organization operating in our communities." The proliferation of sanctuary policies that interfere with cooperation between state and local law enforcement agencies threatens to hamper efforts to stifle MS-13 activity. The federal government must take steps to clarify how federal law permits such cooperation and also must set up consequences for those jurisdictions and officials who impose sanctuary policies. |
This is seriously your takeaway from the article? Wow. Great critical thinking skills. |
Are you actually defending a violent gang? |
1. You still haven’t answered the question. Do you have the intellectual honesty to actually provide an answer? 2. Your source is terrible - could be considered a hate group: https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/center-for-immigration-studies-cis/ |
MS-13 did not start in the US. |
Yes it did. It started in Los Angeles. This is well known. |
Well, one thing for sure, it appears to be composed mostly of immigrants. At least, the ones who we read about in the paper who are murderers--and, the victims, too. |
Some history: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39645640 |
Hint: check the ICE website. |
If you'd like to go ahead and put your liberal spin on what is violent criminal organization, please feel free. I'm sure you'll continue defending these absolute animals - at least until the day one of your loved ones is brutally attacked at school and/or murdered by them. Then I wonder what you'll have to say. Oh, wait - your kids don't have to go to school with them, do they? So really, this doesn't affect you in the least. It's just a convenient way for you to pose as "enlightened" while calling the people who are actually concerned about this blight, a "hate group." Typical. ![]() Also, I'm confused. Should we just recognize that gangs are simply poor, misunderstood young kids who shouldn't be criminalized for their heinous behavior? Let's just twist some statistics to show they're not as bad as some people think, and really, just an exaggerated nuisance. In fact, trying to get rid of them may actually make the problem worse. Got it. |
That’s all BS. No one said they aren’t horribly vile criminals. No one said they should be addressed (which has been happening since the 90s!). It might be worth reevaluating our approach because shipping them back in the 90s just lead towards HUGE growth in #s. But they really aren’t as prevelant as Trump’s propaganda machine implies. They are not the face of illegal immigration. They are a tiny fraction. |