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by wholepointofcc 2371 days ago
Ok, you took a gamble, to illegally go into a place that ostensively doesn't want you. The gamble didn't pay off, tough luck.

What the USA is doing is inhumane (news at 11) but I have very little sympathy for people who put their children at risk like that.

I'd turn into a criminal before putting my children at risk like that. Maybe this makes me a worse person. It certainly makes me a person whose children are not in involuntary semi-permanent detention.
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ben_w 2371 days ago
It would make you someone whose children are dead or enslaved.

At least, that’s the fear of those who are fleeing. I wouldn’t know how accurate their beliefs are.

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hobolobo 2371 days ago
Such an ugly response. Their situation is that their children are already at risk.

I don't think you grasp the severity of the situation in Mexico. Perhaps you should go strut your tough stuff over the border. The state dept advise against it due to the high levels of violence and kidnapping.

That wouldn't matter to a would-be criminal though.

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