(06-19-2018, 05:09 PM)boudreaumw Wrote: Is this a Clinton or Obama policy? Maybe it's the Democrats en masse! You can't decide which. If it is one of their fault it's happening and it's bad then why doesn't he just grab his pen and make it happen? Remember, you lack consistency and love executive orders now. Or I'll just leave this here:

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/06.../23462120/

If you decide you don't like that angle or just think it's perfectly fine to rip children from their parents because you love you some strong armed justice, than at least realize (I know self reflection was brainwashed out of most of you a long time ago) that There are plenty of studies showing the long term effect of children who are taking away from their parent and those don't even consider being thrown in cages during the separation. The party who claims to "the party of family values" thinks this is ok. Heck you might even be like Laura Ingram who thinks it's just a day camp!

Maybe you are the special type of reich winger thinks they are child actors.

Maybe this is just a trump policy to attempt to force the left, the people that actually care about people not of their tribe, to fund his stupid wall. Maybe it's his way of trying to impress the brutal dictators that murder their own people, opposing politicians and jounralists, that he lavishes praise upon for being "tough" or "strong". Either this is hostage situation or a human rights violation. Possibly even both.

One would think, when your policy position draws the votes, support, and praise fromf groups like white nationalists, the alt-right, the KKK, Nazi sympathizers etc.. that one would look inwardly and wonder why that is the case instead of picking your preferred method to spin repugnant policy into being a good thing. Modern conservatism has no sense of moral's. Zero ability to self-reflect on their tribal nature. Zero constancy.

This is a great example of what's wrong with the left.

First, they get the facts wrong... either purposefully through indoctrination, or by sheer ignorance.

There are three branches of government:

Legislative
Executive
Judicial

Legislative - this is Congress.  They ALONE make the laws.  Not your President.  He's next.
Exectutive - this is the President, which includes all the agencies of the executive branch and the military over which he oversees.  They enforce the law.  They do not and cannot create law or change the law.
Judicial - this is the Supreme Court and federal courts below them.  They interpret the law.  They also do not create law, but they can rule law Unconstitutional.

Our President is executing the laws passed by Congress.  If Congress wants to fix anything with the law, it's their and ONLY their responsibility to do so.

If some would prefer we stop enforcing the law - or *selectively* enforce they law, then realize what you're asking for.  Once logic kicks in (or rather, hopefully logic kicks in at this point after realizing how your Government works in the real world per the Constitution) you'd see that enforcement of the law cannot be arbitrary.  Selective enforcement creates discrimination and undermines the law and those who enforce it.  This is what is being referred to as the administrations so-called "policy."

It's not their "policy."  It's their job.

There should be no change in "policy" regarding enforcing or not enforcing our laws.  That would be derelict of duty.

There needs to be a change in law.

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