I find it to be morally bankrupt. At this point I am not concerned about the legality of these actions. I am concerned about law that supersedes our laws, call it Gods law, or the law of humanity depending on your belief system. The children are being used as political pawns. Compassion should overrule all else here. The outrage of Americans should be extreme. I am not advocating for an open border. I am advocating for human decency. Send the illegal aliens home, but don't take their children from them. I honestly see this as a crime against humanity.

Speyside wrote:

Don't commit the crime if you can't do the time.

cacman wrote:

Don't commit the crime if you can't do the time.

cacman wrote:

Teedunya, the Catholic church is going to condemn it.

The make MILLIONS housing refugees in America.

Al, it ain't 1866. We need to know and control who is coming here. Period. I would add that this is actually something that the government is charged with.

ZRX1200 wrote:

Keep believing that. It's just a summer camp!

Think how bad things must be for you to pick up and leave your life in a desperate attempt for something better. In many of these cases it involves threats of death from gangs etc. Combine that with language issues, probably education issues as well as probably lack of information (those of us that actually live here are ill informed but they should know whats up?)and it rings hollow to me that they should know better and its their fault. In many cases they are desperately trying to save the lives of themselves and their kids. To pretend that isn't the case to me is being myopic and applying your knowledge base to their situation. A knowledge base they do not have. it's a simple way to justify or make yourself feel better. And of course there are always exceptions and bad hombres.

I do have an issue with us wanting to become worse than what they are trying to escape as a deterrent. Think about what they are trying to escape and what that means.

And no that does not mean let everyone come in willy nilly and no borders. It's not one extreme or the other. Just keep the families together, go through the process, cut the false information campaign fueling the anti immigration rhetoric, and send the majority back as a family while giving the folks that truly need asylum a path.

This is a manufactured crisis.

teedubbya wrote:

OR....think about ALL THE F'n FREEBIES that will be ROLLED OUT @ tax payer expense for their enjoyment....FREEBIES that we do not necessarily offer to born and raised Americans. My heart doesn't bleed. There ARE many Latinos who are rightfully so mote upset than those of us here....they went through our countries process for gaining citizenship and actually TAKE PRIDE in having done so....

TMCTLT wrote:

If me and my wife committed a crime tomorrow, serious enough that we had to serve a few months, do the kids go with me to jail or with my wife to jail? Or do we all get locked up in the same cell in the name of keeping families together?

As for the argument that these people are fleeing violence and chaos and just looking for anything better, i think that's mostly bs... if things were so unlivable, everyone would flee, not just a dozen here, a dozen there... I'm not saying it's a great life, just that it isn't "join a cartel or die" like some media might have you believe...

Also, there are a lot of nice places between central America and America... Mexico city for instance... any idea why these poor immigrants who just want a better life don't stop there instead of traveling several hundred more miles to our country?

Finally, as for the catholic church, wgaf what their position is? You're talking about a group of professional pedophiles and pedophile protectors... why would anyone care what they think should be happening to children?

opelmanta1900 wrote:

It's sad you actually believe that. I'm sure there are some in that boat but I don't think its the majority or even close to it.

teedubbya wrote: