Central American immigrants
The federal government is officially using children who arrive in the US unaccompanied as a means to identify — and sometimes arrest — their unauthorized-immigrant relatives who step forward to take custody of them.
A high-ranking Immigration and Customs Enforcement official told a Senate committee Tuesday that between June and September, ICE agents had arrested 41 unauthorized immigrants who had agreed to serve as “sponsors” of unaccompanied children in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services.
In the hearing, ICE’s Matt Albence said a “large chunk” of those arrested were criminals. But a follow-up inquiry from CNN’s Tal Kopan revealed that 70 percent had been arrested for “simple immigration violations” — in other words, for being unauthorized immigrants.
The news confirms fears that immigration advocates have had for months — and will almost certainly make the already difficult task of placing children with sponsors even harder. HHS is already facing heavy criticism from Democrats for holding a record 12,800 immigrant children in custody instead of releasing them […]
Are these the modern “jews” who the powers that be feel they can blame all societies problems on and therefore any cruelty is justified? Who is next treasonous libs/socialists? Where are the good christians who support this administration? With ICE given free hand was the gestapo in the early days of the reich much different in behavior?
This period has many similarities to the late 1920s and when the economic cycle takes its unpreventable negative turn then will it bring 1930s style political changes? Just a little historical/hysterical day dreaming…
I think it’s a bit disrespectful to compare the victims of Hitler’s reign with these children being separated at the border. It’s a relatively common practice to separate children from parents in this country, and when you look at the numbers it is quite shocking how many tens of thousands of US citizens it happens too. We should all be upset with how our government treats all families in this country, and not act as though this is a new phenomenon braught on by Trump and his subordinates. It’s about time we start a productive conversation about these matters, so that both sides of our divided country can get on the same page.
Disrespectful how Charles? I’m gay and my kind also went to the death camps. I know what I said was inflammatory and was meant to be as this demonization of the “other” starts small and can grow. So while in Europe antisemitism existed long before hitler he used it to advantage. Not so unlike the trumpet with immigrants, illegal and otherwise.
Also in your comment you make reference to family separations happening to real americans by the “tens of thousands” and this is right and good? Over what period, what is your research based on, were the children placed in camps or their relatives/parents locked up or deported without them? Leaving them in contractor run detention. This is what compassionate Americans do? I suppose it will teach someone a lesson.
“It is about time for a productive conversation about these matters”!
Charles — Here is the dictionary definition of a concentration camp:
“a place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities” How are these NOT concentration camps?