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Ryan not comfortable with separating parents, kids at border
AP via Yahoo ^ | June 14th, 2018 | MATTHEW DALY and KEVIN FREKING

Posted on 06/14/2018 11:54:52 AM PDT by Mariner

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday he's not comfortable with a Trump administration policy that separates children and parents at the southern border, as House Republicans, under increasing pressure to address the humanitarian crisis, raced to finish a new immigration bill.

"We don't want kids to be separated from their parents," Ryan said, adding that the policy is being dictated by a court ruling that prevents children who enter the country illegally from being held in custody for long periods.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi pushed back on that assessment, saying that President Donald Trump could "stop the practice on a dime."

She called the Trump administration's separation policy "barbaric," adding: "It has to stop."

Some Republicans are beginning to distance themselves from the policy. News stories have highlighted that families are being separated as they enter the country illegally from Mexico. Many of those families are seeking asylum in the U.S.

The separation policy has become a political flashpoint at a time when House Republican leaders are trying to craft compromise legislation on immigration. The bill aims to address thorny issues that have bedeviled Congress for years.

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., tweeted Thursday that he told a constituent that, "I am asking the White House to keep families together as much as we can."

Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kan., said he's "heartbroken" by the separations and is working to find a solution to keep families together. His comments were in response to a letter from local officials urging him to demand that the Department of Homeland Security end the practice.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: immigration; loser; paulryan; ryan
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Republicans in Congress want to keep Illegal Aliens as happy and comfortable as possible...as they await permanent residency.
1 posted on 06/14/2018 11:54:53 AM PDT by Mariner
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I couldn’t care less what Zero’s cabana boy is “comfortable” with.


2 posted on 06/14/2018 11:55:46 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: Mariner

I’m not “comfortable” with Pryno as Speaker...time for that traitorous UniParty POS to be gone.


3 posted on 06/14/2018 11:56:13 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: Mariner

Well, then, let’s find all the bank robbers, rapists, etc., in prison and release all the ones who have kids.


4 posted on 06/14/2018 11:56:19 AM PDT by Nea Wood
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To: Mariner

You’re the lawmaker. BP just follows the law.


5 posted on 06/14/2018 11:56:26 AM PDT by marron
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To: Mariner

let’s separate from this clown. I thought he’s supposed to resign? How long do we have to wait?


6 posted on 06/14/2018 11:56:53 AM PDT by max americana (Fired libtard employees 9 consecutive times at every election since 08'. I hope all liberals die.)
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To: Mariner

Im not either, so here’s an idea, instead of separating them, just send them ALL BACK..see how simple that is..now they are no longer separated


7 posted on 06/14/2018 11:57:27 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Mariner

Anyone who is opposed to separating kids from their children should be in favor of immediately returning all the unaccompanied minors to their home country.


8 posted on 06/14/2018 11:58:01 AM PDT by JoeRed
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Keep the family intact in MEXICO.


9 posted on 06/14/2018 11:58:30 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. Psalm 33:12)
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To: JoeRed

I meant kid from their parents.


10 posted on 06/14/2018 11:58:42 AM PDT by JoeRed
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To: Mariner

Does Ryan support breaking up families when the Father or Mother Robs a bank???

or any other imprison-able crime?

Ryan is a DAMNED HYPOCRITE


11 posted on 06/14/2018 11:58:49 AM PDT by GraceG ("Q is dead, been dead a for a while...")
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To: Mariner

Simple solution. Send the kids back too.


12 posted on 06/14/2018 11:59:36 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Mariner

Isn’t it heartwarming to learn that so many of our elected politicians and their offices have so much time to support and advocate for these illegal scofflaws? I guess all the issues of the American citizens whose taxes pay their salaries and who voted them into office to represent them are solved, and they have nothing better to do with their time.


13 posted on 06/14/2018 11:59:41 AM PDT by Cecily
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It’s the parents doing the separating by putting their families in an illegal status in the first place.

Man up, Ryan. You wuss.


14 posted on 06/14/2018 11:59:47 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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“Ryan not comfortable with separating parents, kids at border”

That’s NOT his job. His job is to be comfortable representing his American constituents of which he isn’t doing.

Ryan is representing himself, his interests as there is obviously a pot of gold at the end of the immigration rainbow with his name on it.


15 posted on 06/14/2018 11:59:49 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Conservatives seek the truth. Democrats seek the power to dictate what truth is.)
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Focusing attention on the unfortunate consequences to illegal entrants, from illegal entry, rather than the damage such illegal entry does to America, is just another example of Misdirection: Familiar Leftist Tactic, about which we have been writing.
16 posted on 06/14/2018 11:59:59 AM PDT by Ohioan
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To: Mariner; Liz; AuntB; greyfoxx39; La Lydia; sickoflibs; stephenjohnbanker; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; ...

Nor am I...

Send them all home...TOGETHER...

Do not bother detaining them...

Just point them in the direction of their own home country...

Adios, and dontcha all c’mon back now, y’hear ???


17 posted on 06/14/2018 12:00:16 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: lgjhn23

Beat me to it!!


18 posted on 06/14/2018 12:00:29 PM PDT by bantam
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To: Paine in the Neck

You nailed it.


19 posted on 06/14/2018 12:00:50 PM PDT by Ohioan
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To: Mariner

I’m very comfortable with separating Ryan from the House of Representatives.


20 posted on 06/14/2018 12:00:59 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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