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by kennywinker 2203 days ago
"because of perfectly ordinary border enforcement arresting illegal aliens."

Sorry, no I am actually super upset about the ongoing detention and inhumane treatment of people at the border. ALSO about family separation, but the cages are immoral to me as well. Many of these people are not "illegal aliens" but people seeking asylum which is NOT illegal.
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SamReidHughes 2203 days ago
Illegal border crossing is still illegal. We have a system in place for asylum seekers at a port of entry.

Nonetheless, the point of my comment is that children are not being caged, they're now being separated, as happens when suspects get arrested.

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kennywinker 2203 days ago
https://www.aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/immigrants-right...

> Mirian G, a mother from Honduras, came to the U.S. with her young son on Feb. 20, 2018. She presented herself to immigration authorities and sought asylum, committing no crime. During her interview, Mirian provided immigration officers with several identification documents for her child which listed her as his mother. The next morning, Border Patrol agents took away her 18-month-old son with no explanation. She did not see him again for two months.

Even if she had crossed illegally, separating an infant from its mother like this for two hours is unacceptable to me, much less two months - and I would hope it would also be unacceptable to you.

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SamReidHughes 2203 days ago
Huh? I'm just pointing out the facts here. I agree it would be nice if some children stayed with the parents, at the parents' discretion, and the border patrol had the resources and funding to make such stays comfortable.

Fortunately, today the mother would be told to stay in Mexico, and get to show up later at the port of entry for her asylum hearing. So we've fixed that problem.

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kennywinker 2202 days ago
I was just pointing out that some of your facts are incorrect. You said "Illegal border crossing is still illegal" and "they're now being separated, as happens when suspects get arrested." and earlier "perfectly ordinary border enforcement arresting illegal aliens" but as you can see from the quote above - this is happening to people who did not get arrested or do anything illegal.
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SamReidHughes 2202 days ago
The example you give appears to be an exceptional case.
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