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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He wants children in jail? No one keeps the children with parents who are arrested anywhere in the first world.
Then stop them from coming in...not our fault Ryan!
So Ryan would rather see male and female adults bring in six kids; two of which are their own and four of which are children who are being sex trafficked into the US.
Of course that would NOT BE KNOWN if they weren’t separated from the adults and interviewed separately.
Many citizen prisoners who have broken the law are separated from their children.
But you were fine when Obama actually asked children to come across the border. Alone. Remember Obama’s Childrens Crusade ? Heck he flew planes down to pick up the kids. You globalists really are evil. And you have the gall to accuse nationalists of your own crimes, which also makes you dispicable.
Not understanding why we let anyone stay. No other country does. They only let people in for asylum when they apply at the embassy. There’s no illegal entry anywhere where you are allowed to stay and get room and board or a tent.
Stop illegals from breaking into our country. Direct all foreigners who have a political reason to need asylum to apply online through our state dept. FROM THEIR COUNTRY.
Let everyone know that if you break into the USA with your kid, you lose your kid. So effing don’t.
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