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Mrs. Bush Rails Against 'Cruel' Border Separation Policy
townhall.com ^ | 6/18/2018 | Cortney O'Brien

Posted on 06/18/2018 9:51:43 AM PDT by rktman

The Trump administration's policy of separating illegal immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border doesn't sit well with some people, including former First Lady Laura Bush. In a new op-ed for The Washington Post, Mrs. Bush explained why the White House's zero tolerance policy is "cruel," "immoral," and "breaks her heart."

Mrs. Bush compared today's policy of separating families to our treatment of Japanese Americans during World War Two.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: backtothelibrary; bordersecurity; bushfamily; lamestream
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To: Liz

A couple of years ago, when the first big wave of “child refugees” came in from Central America, about half of the male “children” in the photos looked like they needed a shave.


61 posted on 06/18/2018 10:47:18 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: billyboy15

It’s already been said several times what will be done.

The children will be reunited with their parents (if they are indeed parents) when the deportation orders are signed. The entire family can then return to their home country or place of origin outside the US.

The President is right, the law requires that illegals be given a hearing and that they be released pending the hearing (catch & release). This must be changed.

The official policy is that children of illegals must be detained because the US government cannot take liability should the children be endangered if the children have disappeared with adult handlers pending a court hearing.

To be clear, when a person breaks a law, is arrested, and is released on their own recognizance, law enforcement must detain the children to prevent possible child endangerment. Otherwise, if the children were to starve, be hurt, disappear, the US government agency in charge could be held to account.

As it is now, those children are in clean and healthy facilities with plenty of monitoring, plenty of toys, movies, games, entertainment. They are safe and they are kept busy.

Right now there are millions of US kids at summer camps away from their parents. The children of illegals are in similar conditions. The children are not abused, they are not traumatized, They are told their parents are coming back by a certain date.


62 posted on 06/18/2018 10:52:27 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: rktman

The law you are complaining about Mrs. Bush was passed by a democratic held congress and signed into law by President Clinton. Clinton enforced it, your husband did Mrs. Bush, as did Obama and now Trump as well. Trump is trying to get it ended, something that none of the other Presidents listed did.


63 posted on 06/18/2018 10:54:30 AM PDT by Agatsu77
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To: Red Badger

Mmmmmmm........a G & T!


64 posted on 06/18/2018 10:55:54 AM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Wow...spot-on comment! That is hard-hitting and right to the point. Great job.


65 posted on 06/18/2018 10:58:56 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Even Hitler had “Compassion” for the German people.


66 posted on 06/18/2018 10:59:47 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: rktman
Gatorland is located on the Orange Blossom Trail just south of Orlando.

They have 4 leucistic (deep blue eyes) alligators (not albino-pink eyes) out of a known 12 in the world.

A fun place!


67 posted on 06/18/2018 11:13:02 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: rktman

Ah yes, the Bushes again! The gift that keeps on giving - hemorrhoids!


68 posted on 06/18/2018 11:21:19 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pelosi is only on loan to the world from Satan. Hopefully he will soon want his baby killer back)
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To: Hostage

Thank you.

I did not make myself clear. I agree with all you said but I was asking if any one of those screeching about the inhumanity of separating the children from their (alleged) parents are offering suggestions as to how they believe it should be handled?


69 posted on 06/18/2018 11:23:15 AM PDT by billyboy15 (S re)
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To: billyboy15

Yes, that’s clearer. Yes, they are using this as a political news cycle event to fill their empty vacuous platform with something, anything, to give the appearance that they are doing something.

They are out of real substantive issues to argue and debate. They have in essence nothing except their megaphone in their liar media accomplices.


70 posted on 06/18/2018 11:36:11 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: rktman

Never said a word when Barack had over 100,000 in his custody....


71 posted on 06/18/2018 11:44:35 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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To: rktman

You can run from your past, but Search Engines don’t forget them.

Democrats Were Silent When Obama Admin Failed to Protect Thousands of Children – Placing Many Human Traffickers

https://theamericanscoop.com/democrats-were-silent-when-obama-admin-failed-to-protect-thousands-of-children-placing-many-human-traffickers/


72 posted on 06/18/2018 11:46:59 AM PDT by GailA (Ret. SCPO Wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
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To: rktman

For years American’s thought Meathead Communists like Rob Reiner would the end of us, never once noticing that putting Sally Struthers in control of Immigration Policy was going to destroy Western Civilization.


73 posted on 06/18/2018 11:49:13 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: rktman

The Bushes are infuriating. When I think of how angry I used to get at my younger sister calling W “Bushie” I get really ashamed of myself. She has since passed away and I can never apologize.


74 posted on 06/18/2018 11:51:46 AM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: rktman

This child separation crap is scripted. Hugh halfwit huwitt was harping on this almost two months ago, and slowly the whole lot of leftist idiots are harping about it now. It’s all over the media wire, to much of a coincidence to not be an organized information plan.
Never thought I would see such organized propaganda in the USA. They run this crap to prepare the masses for what big GOV is forcing on our citizens. What to do?


75 posted on 06/18/2018 12:00:50 PM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: rktman

Bush’s are life game of wack a mole.


76 posted on 06/18/2018 12:02:14 PM PDT by hadaclueonce ( This time I am Deplorableo)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I agree with everything you say, and want to use this opportunity to note how wise our Founding Fathers were to set up the system they did.

President Trump is able to flush these guys out, and flush them away.

Thank God for our Founding Fathers!


77 posted on 06/18/2018 12:08:27 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: KC Burke

Didn’t you just luv Prez Trump’s response about not turning the US into a giagantic migrant camp?


78 posted on 06/18/2018 12:13:43 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: BobL

They all have their panties in a wad because Trump mocked low energy Jeb in the election campaign.


79 posted on 06/18/2018 12:21:09 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: rktman; All

Apparently most people miss the point. This was a law passed PRIOR TO TRUMP. The Trump administration has nothing to do with this policy/law.


80 posted on 06/18/2018 12:29:01 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Democrats: Herd mentality exhibiting melodramatic hysterics.)
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