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Myth vs. Fact: DHS Zero-Tolerance Policy
Department of Homeland Security ^ | june 18, 2018

Posted on 06/18/2018 6:10:28 PM PDT by McGruff

In recent days, we have seen reporters, Members of Congress, and other groups mislead the public on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) zero-tolerance policy.

Federal law enforcement officers have sworn duties to enforce the laws that Congress passes. Repeating intentionally untrue and unsubstantiated statements about DHS agents, officers, and procedures is irresponsible and deeply disrespectful to the men and women who risk their lives every day to secure our border and enforce our laws. Myth

DHS has a policy to separate families at the border. Fact

DHS does not have a blanket policy of separating families at the border. However, DHS does have a responsibility to protect all minors in our custody. This means DHS will separate adults and minors under certain circumstances. These circumstances include: 1) when DHS is unable to determine the familial relationship, 2) when DHS determines that a child may be at risk with the parent or legal guardian, or 3) when the parent or legal guardian is referred for criminal prosecution.

(Excerpt) Read more at dhs.gov ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; bordersecurity; buildthefence; children; daca; dhs; dreamact; dreamers; nevertrump; nevertrumper; nevertrumpers; nevertrumpertrolls; trumpdhs
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1 posted on 06/18/2018 6:10:28 PM PDT by McGruff
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Repeating intentionally untrue and unsubstantiated statements ... is irresponsible and deeply disrespectful …

And SOP for most of the press.

2 posted on 06/18/2018 6:15:41 PM PDT by libertylover (If people come here legally, they're immigrants; if they come here illegally, they're invaders.)
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3) when the parent or legal guardian is referred for criminal prosecution.

Repeated along highways from coast to coast when a citizen parent has been traffic stopped and a warrant check reveals a bench warrant.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

3 posted on 06/18/2018 6:16:53 PM PDT by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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To: McGruff

I don’t know why anyone would believe the MSM anymore, especially when politics or Trump is involved. Do they just like being lied to? I think to some degree, liberals actually do. The truth is harder for them to bear.


4 posted on 06/18/2018 6:17:18 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: McGruff

https://www.dailywire.com/news/31980/media-are-lying-about-trump-separating-illegal-ben-shapiro

“In 1997, the federal government made an agreement in a case called Flores not to keep unaccompanied illegal immigrant children in custody beyond 20 days. The settlement said nothing about accompanied illegal immigrant children – children who crossed the border with their parents. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals then ruled that accompanied children also could not be held in custody under the terms of the settlement. This meant that the government either had to release whole families, or that the government had to separate parents from children.”

“Immigrants who come to points of entry to seek asylum aren’t actually illegally in the country – they’re not arrested. They’re processed through ICE, and their children stay with them. If, however, illegal immigrants cross the border illegally, the Trump administration now treats them as criminals. If they choose deportation, they aren’t separated from their kids; if they choose to apply for asylum, they stay in the country longer than 20 days, and their kids have to be removed by operation of law.”


5 posted on 06/18/2018 6:19:50 PM PDT by Nicojones
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Make it felony for each child the adult brings in illegally. Three felonies = life in prison.


6 posted on 06/18/2018 6:34:47 PM PDT by JoeRed
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Is there a reason they have to be processed after being caught? Is there some problem busing them back over the border?


7 posted on 06/18/2018 6:38:16 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Vox populi, vox dei)
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Trump should make a prime time speech that expands on but includes exactly what this DHS document says.


8 posted on 06/18/2018 6:39:13 PM PDT by Wuli
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You are either a Nation of Laws or a Nation of Leftists.

We can’t be both. Mob Rule will prevail if the Leftists gain power.


9 posted on 06/18/2018 6:39:34 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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A good part of the MSM is Disney and Comcast — two behemoths that facilitate and encourage malice in media. No conservative should patronize either.


10 posted on 06/18/2018 6:47:53 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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Good for you DHS. Now figure a way to get this widely disseminated.


11 posted on 06/18/2018 6:56:49 PM PDT by upchuck (Through all of this, let us remember who is the real enemy.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

That is exactly what they used to do, I don’t know when that changed but probably after 9/11.


12 posted on 06/18/2018 6:59:57 PM PDT by tiki
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This is great information...thanks for the heads up. As suspected the rules are in place to protect children in all circumstances. Not to be jerks to children.


13 posted on 06/18/2018 7:05:55 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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The press is screaming loadly to avoid any reporting about the corrupt FBI that attempted to throw a presidential election thru it’s own meddling.


14 posted on 06/18/2018 7:08:52 PM PDT by Flick Lives (Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation.)
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Happy to see my Agency fighting back.


15 posted on 06/18/2018 7:18:44 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (Formerly SandyInSeattle cuz I moved!)
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To: McGruff
This means DHS will separate adults and minors under certain circumstances. These circumstances include: 1) when DHS is unable to determine the familial relationship, 2) when DHS determines that a child may be at risk with the parent or legal guardian, or 3) when the parent or legal guardian is referred for criminal prosecution.

I wonder how this differs from procedures used when adults and children are arrested for other crimes committed in the U.S.

16 posted on 06/18/2018 7:21:32 PM PDT by plain talk
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btt


17 posted on 06/18/2018 7:27:25 PM PDT by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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What did everyone expect. The Trump administration is interfering with the trafficking of children. Of course liberals are triggered.


18 posted on 06/18/2018 7:59:27 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. Obama free since 1/20/17. PTL ~ Þ)
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Bttt


19 posted on 06/18/2018 8:13:27 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: Flick Lives

The press is screaming loadly to avoid any reporting about the corrupt FBI that attempted to throw a presidential election thru it’s own meddling.


BINGO!


20 posted on 06/18/2018 8:19:37 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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