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Re:Microsoft Employees Pressure Leadership to Cancel ICE Con... by Karishma1234 on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @12:45AM (#17352635)
Not at all. Children are not separated because you used your prescription medicine after its end date. Children are not separated because you ran a red light.

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.

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Re:Microsoft Employees Pressure Leadership to Cancel ICE Con... by firic on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @04:04AM (#17353440)
Running a red light usually does not result in arrest. But if someone ran a red light and then refused to show their license and got arrested. Well, if their child was with them, then the child would not be put in the same prison that the parent was put in. ie. they would be separated.

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.

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Re:Microsoft Employees Pressure Leadership to Cancel ICE Con... by cr1895 on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @04:30AM (#17353546)
>I didn't read the law so I may be mistaken

You can read about the asylum process here:

https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-asylum/asylum/ob...

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Re:Microsoft Employees Pressure Leadership to Cancel ICE Con... by firic on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @04:51AM (#17353628)
I should have been more precise with what I wrote. I do not understand legalese and therefore base my understanding on a group of people who I feel are honest.
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