(07-12-2024, 06:50 AM)mikesez Wrote:

(07-12-2024, 12:17 AM)Jag149 Wrote: Unfortunately Obama did separate kids. There were two issues that caused it. First because children can’t be held in detention facilities for adults, during his terms about 492,970 were referred for prosecution.  Second children were separated from adults when suspicion of trafficking, another outstanding warrant or insufficient proof of a family relationship. The reason there is more definitive numbers was they did not keep records of the children under Obama, that is all. They began keeping those records under Trump. Like Paul Harvey always said "and now you know the rest of the story".

On June 20, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Nielsen to keep families in custody together “during the pendency of any criminal improper entry or immigration proceedings involving their members” at least “to the extent permitted by law and subject to the availability of appropriations.”

On June 20th of what year?
What was the situation prior to that "direction"
I'll tell you.  At that point, Trump had law enforcement separating every family unit they encountered at the border.  Not just those suspected of human trafficking.

This may sound overly harsh, but why is separating families automatically such a terrible injustice?  These people committed a crime just by the act of entering the country (This is where all the liberal heads are buried under a mile of sand).  If you take a 3-year-old on a B & E or carjacking, what do you expect the police to do with the child when you're arrested?

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