DOJ argues that migrant children should not receive toothbrushes or soap

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also, none of us have any idea of the cost. You like the idea of helping out, but would still like to be paid. Who knows how much it would actually cost to reimburse for food, transport, activities, supervisors to visit and make sure it was a good fit, insurance? Until you run the numbers you have no way to say if less or more than 700 a day. Last, will these children be happy or frightened sleeping in a home with an adult/s they dont know? What about dealing with their health, psychological and inevitable conflict that will arise? You would need a brigade of traveling social workers. Even student exchange programs have a ton of built in supports

I’m pretty sure the PP knows how much foods and insurance cost. I’m also pretty sure she doesn’t want to keep the children permanently - just in a safe location until the parents they were kidnapped from by the Trump administration can be located. I’m also 100% sure the kids would be happier with her than in jail.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It does say "were kept overnight"

At this point think the US is overwhelmed. We need internationally administered fenced encampments as in Syria.

Or limo libs need to share their space.

Plenty of people who have a heart and a soul (beyond what you so stupidly call "limo libs") have tried to provide donations and take in these children. TBorder Patrol wont accept the donations.
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/06/26/people-are-trying-to-donate-to-detained-immigrants-border-patrol-wont-accept

Yay, because these kids are illegals. They need to be in jail with whoever brought them.

Put those 2 year olds in the slammer! Best would be isolation, don’t ya think?

Simply disgraceful. I hope the UN finds the US guilty of human rights violations

[Anonymous]

For anyone who sincerely wants to help, this link is comprehensive and succinct. It addresses nearly every immediate concern argued on this 25+ page thread, specifically, what are you doing to help? There's something for all here without spending a dime or contributing many dimes.

https://www.womensrefugeecommission.org/issues/55-detention/3596-how-you-can-help-migrant-children

HERE'S HOW YOU CAN HELP MIGRANT CHILDREN

In link, learn the facts – What is our government doing?

Call your local government to see if they have set up a task force, especially in areas that have a large immigrant population. New York, for example, has several small non-profits that are directly helping these children. https://www.probono.net/ny/minors/

Call your government representatives. You can find your federal senators and representatives here https://www.congress.gov/members

Key messages include:

1. This is a humanitarian issue.

2. Protect children's rights. Do not eliminate any existing protections for immigrant children and families. Protections are not loopholes.

3. Give children the chance to tell their experiences, and evaluate their claims to see if they qualify as refugees.

4. Establish standards for the humane treatment of children (and families) in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody

5. This is a crisis of leadership, not a crisis of insufficient resources.

6. Prevent the government from re-directing any additional emergency funds to other enforcement purposes.

Other support topics with direction on how, links and phone numbers

Donate

Support the Women’s Refugee Commission

Fostering

Speak out and educate the people around you

Support migrant children and families in your community

Ways to support parents who come forward to sponsor their detained children have been arrested

For legal assistance for detained refugees, contact the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) hotline or American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). To contact UNCHR from outside a detention center, dial 1-888-272-1913; to contact UNHCR from inside a detention center, dial 566#. To contact AILA, see details on their webpage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The word “migrant” is being used in place of “immigrant.” A migrant is a person who moves from one place to another within a country. My parents were migrants who came to California from Oklahoma and Texas in the early 1940s.

An immigrant is a person who moves from one country from another.

The correct legal term of art, “illegal alien,” has been replaced by the incorrect term “migrant” thanks to democrats.

The fact remains that illegal aliens are in violation of our laws and must be removed.

They have to go back to their home country. We should all agree on this simple premise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The word “migrant” is being used in place of “immigrant.” A migrant is a person who moves from one place to another within a country. My parents were migrants who came to California from Oklahoma and Texas in the early 1940s.

An immigrant is a person who moves from one country from another.

The correct legal term of art, “illegal alien,” has been replaced by the incorrect term “migrant” thanks to democrats.

The fact remains that illegal aliens are in violation of our laws and must be removed.

They have to go back to their home country. We should all agree on this simple premise.

Another conservative gracing is with his complete misunderstanding of everything.

They’re asylum seekers, not illegal aliens.

[Anonymous]

Interesting............

Rev. Samuel Rodriguez was "full of indignation" when he saw the reports and heard from politicians about the deplorable and inhumane conditions for illegal immigrants at an El Paso County, Texas migrant detention center. But what he saw at the same facility toured by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. with a group of pastors was "drastically different."

The president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, the world's largest Hispanic Christian organization, and senior pastor of New Seasons Christian Worship Center in Sacramento shared his firsthand experience touring a migrant detention center during a press briefing Monday.

“I read the reports, saw the news clips. I just wanted to see what was actually happening in order to better enable our efforts to find a fair and a just solution to our broken immigration system," Rodriguez, who has advised President Trump and both Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush on immigration reform, noted. “To my surprise, I saw something drastically different from the stories I’ve been hearing in our national discourse. Even as a veteran of immigration advocacy in the U.S., I was shocked at the misinformation of the crisis at the border."

The group of pastors saw a very different picture described by Ocasio-Cortez and other politicians and media outlets.

“We found no soiled diapers, no deplorable conditions and no lack of basic necessities,” Rodriguez remarked, adding he specifically asked border agents if they staged the facility in response to the negative press. “They unequivocally denied it — we were witnessing the identical conditions the attorneys saw when they toured the facility days earlier."

In fact, some told him the sources from whom the negative coverage originated “never toured the areas of the facility that we toured” and speculated they might have had political motivations.

The pastors left encouraged by the commitment and dedication of America’s Border Patrol and immigration officers, “many of which are Latinos, by the way.” He said one emotional Border Patrol agent turned to him and said, referring to the vilification: “Pastor Sam, what they’re saying about us is completely false. We care about these kids and have a passion for our calling.”

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/immigration-border-facility-aoc-hispanic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The word “migrant” is being used in place of “immigrant.” A migrant is a person who moves from one place to another within a country. My parents were migrants who came to California from Oklahoma and Texas in the early 1940s.

An immigrant is a person who moves from one country from another.

The correct legal term of art, “illegal alien,” has been replaced by the incorrect term “migrant” thanks to democrats.

The fact remains that illegal aliens are in violation of our laws and must be removed.

They have to go back to their home country. We should all agree on this simple premise.

Another conservative gracing is with his complete misunderstanding of everything.

They’re asylum seekers, not illegal aliens.

90% never show up for their hearings.

But you are a liar, so you’ll probably just try to lie about this fact too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The word “migrant” is being used in place of “immigrant.” A migrant is a person who moves from one place to another within a country. My parents were migrants who came to California from Oklahoma and Texas in the early 1940s.

An immigrant is a person who moves from one country from another.

The correct legal term of art, “illegal alien,” has been replaced by the incorrect term “migrant” thanks to democrats.

The fact remains that illegal aliens are in violation of our laws and must be removed.

They have to go back to their home country. We should all agree on this simple premise.

Another conservative gracing is with his complete misunderstanding of everything.

They’re asylum seekers, not illegal aliens.

I think you misunderstand the concept of asylum. Poverty and lack of economic opportunity do not qualify.

[Anonymous]

ACLU just won a victory in court tonight.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/02/politics/judge-blocks-asylum-seekers-detained/index.html

So I gave to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The word “migrant” is being used in place of “immigrant.” A migrant is a person who moves from one place to another within a country. My parents were migrants who came to California from Oklahoma and Texas in the early 1940s.

An immigrant is a person who moves from one country from another.

The correct legal term of art, “illegal alien,” has been replaced by the incorrect term “migrant” thanks to democrats.

The fact remains that illegal aliens are in violation of our laws and must be removed.

They have to go back to their home country. We should all agree on this simple premise.

Asylum seekers are protected by international law. Law the Trump administration is flagrantly violating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The word “migrant” is being used in place of “immigrant.” A migrant is a person who moves from one place to another within a country. My parents were migrants who came to California from Oklahoma and Texas in the early 1940s.

An immigrant is a person who moves from one country from another.

The correct legal term of art, “illegal alien,” has been replaced by the incorrect term “migrant” thanks to democrats.

The fact remains that illegal aliens are in violation of our laws and must be removed.

They have to go back to their home country. We should all agree on this simple premise.

Another conservative gracing is with his complete misunderstanding of everything.

They’re asylum seekers, not illegal aliens.

90% never show up for their hearings.

But you are a liar, so you’ll probably just try to lie about this fact too.

Actually 92% showed up at last count.

https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/resource/fact-check-asylum-seekers-regularly-attend-immigration-court-hearings

Why are you spreading false information?

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The word “migrant” is being used in place of “immigrant.” A migrant is a person who moves from one place to another within a country. My parents were migrants who came to California from Oklahoma and Texas in the early 1940s.

An immigrant is a person who moves from one country from another.

The correct legal term of art, “illegal alien,” has been replaced by the incorrect term “migrant” thanks to democrats.

The fact remains that illegal aliens are in violation of our laws and must be removed.

They have to go back to their home country. We should all agree on this simple premise.

Another conservative gracing is with his complete misunderstanding of everything.

They’re asylum seekers, not illegal aliens.

90% never show up for their hearings.

But you are a liar, so you’ll probably just try to lie about this fact too.

Actually 92% showed up at last count.

https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/resource/fact-check-asylum-seekers-regularly-attend-immigration-court-hearings

Why are you spreading false information?

Your article is from 6 months ago.

More recent: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/dhs-secretary-90-percent-of-recent-asylum-seekers-skipped-their-hearings/

June 11, 2019

Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan testified Tuesday that 90 percent of asylum-seekers tracked under a recently instituted program skipped the hearings in which their cases were to be adjudicated.

Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, McAleenan explained that his department is hampered in its efforts to deter illegal immigration by U.S. laws that allow asylum-seekers to remain on U.S. soil under their own recognizance for months or even years while awaiting a hearing that the vast majority of them simply skip.

“Out of those 7,000 cases, 90 received final orders of removal in absentia, 90 percent,” McAleenan told Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.), referring to the results of a recent DHS pilot program that tracks family units applying for asylum.

“90 percent did not show up?” Graham asked.

“Correct. That is a recent sample from families crossing the border,” McAleenan replied.