Border crossing is merely misdemeanor and most of them are just seeking asylum.
> Illegal aliens ignore US law, knowing full well that their acts are illegal and have consequences. Go to a port of entry or embassy like all other immigrants. It's that simple.
Most of them actually come to a proper border patrol station to seek asylum. Again, US laws need to change if we need to better help these people.
I didn't read the law so I may be mistaken, but based on my understanding is someone comes to a proper boarder control and claims asylum then they will not be arrested. The ones being arrested are the ones who are crossing illegally and then when caught, claiming asylum.
You can read about the asylum process here:
https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-asylum/asylum/ob...
https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-asylum/asylum/ob...
These people are being punished for following the law.
Additionally, there is no need to detain parents separately from children, and prior to the Trump administration, while deportations of asylum seekers did happen, families were not split up.
> Right now there are tens of thousands of broken black homes as one or two parents are in prison - where's the outrage for them and what about their human rights and their families?
Nice of you to pretend to care. Can I refer you to your closest Black Lives Matter chapter?
The US is currently breaking its commitment to the 1951 UN convention on the rights of refugees by not ignoring "irregular entry."
Second: Consider what an actual refugee crisis looks like. You can't detain hundreds of thousands of people crossing over a massive border, both for logistical and humanitarian reasons. That's why we're a signatory to the 1951 agreement.
This is probably what 45 is referring to when he talks about a "loophole" in immigration law, and why he feels politically safe asking for a legislative rather than executive solution. But to be absolutely clear: nothing about our current laws requires that we separate children from their parents, or detain refugee applicants indefinitely. Those are both cruel options, chosen to terrorize an already vulnerable population.
Illegal entry is illegal entry. I don't know what you're talking about. There is no exemption for asylum seekers.
>This is probably what 45 is referring to when he talks about a "loophole" in immigration law
The loophole is that the Trump administration is enforcing an existing law that was not enforced by previous administrations. You're advocating for following the precedent set by previous administrations and simply ignore the law again.
>and why he feels politically safe asking for a legislative rather than executive solution.
But it should be a legislative solution. It is a bad law that was made worse by the ninth circuit interpretation. If 1/10th of the pressure that is levied on Trump was put on Congress, this law would be changed already.
The fact that Democrats in Congress are now using this for political gains is incredibly distasteful. [1]
[1]http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/393069-schumer-rejects-go...
U.S. agents have started to turn back asylum seekers at [official] ports of entry in recent weeks, leaving throngs of hopefuls at bridges all along the border.
The irony is that the ninth circuit ruling mandating separation was done to prevent locking up children.
And no, it's not the proper response but it is the legal one as it stands today. GoP is working on a clean bill to do away with seperation. Democrats are expected to vote against it. So there's that.
Treating criminals as criminals happens every day in every country and comes with the same consequences - children are separated from their parents.
Right now there are tens of thousands of broken black homes as one or two parents are in prison - where's the outrage for them and what about their human rights and their families?
This moral panic, fanned by the media, truly reflects an inability for critical thought. Illegal aliens ignore US law, knowing full well that their acts are illegal and have consequences. Go to a port of entry or embassy like all other immigrants. It's that simple.