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For Migrant Families in Mexico, Threat of Separation Puts Plans in Doubt
New York Times ^ | June 19, 2018 | Kirk Semple

Posted on 06/19/2018 7:54:08 PM PDT by reaganaut1

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Word of the Trump administration’s new “zero tolerance” policy, which calls for prosecuting everyone who crosses the border illegally, has been traveling along the migrant trail that winds through Mexico and Central America. People learn of it by television, by social media and, mostly, by word of mouth.

While the policy has stirred controversy in the United States, with lawmakers from both parties calling for its end in the face of defiance from the Trump administration, it has sowed confusion for the migrants bound for the United States, who are struggling to make sense of what it means for the rest of their journey.

Some, like Ms. Flores, are now considering staying in Mexico.

Some are pausing their trips to see if the separation policy is reversed; on Tuesday evening, Republican senators in Washington moved to try to defuse the crisis and find a way to end the policy.

Others are weighing the risks of an illegal crossing against the chances of success with an asylum petition.

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Until the announcement of the zero tolerance policy, and under previous administrations, adults traveling with their minor children were generally exempted from criminal prosecutions.

This was a well-known policy throughout Mexico and Central America, and was often part of the calculus for migrants: Those traveling with their children knew that if they were detained and put into deportation proceedings, they would most likely be released quickly, sometimes with an ankle monitor, to await their day in court.

That was what Ms. Flores understood, until she was told of the new approach.

“I had thought that if a mother like me had gone to the border with a child, I’d be allowed to leave detention,” she said

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alieninvasion; aliens; children; commiepropaganda; commietimes; crymeariver; foreigninvasion; illegalaliens; imcryingrightnow; immigration; migrantchildren; repealthe19th; toobadsosad; waaaahhhh
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Trump's zero tolerance policy may work if it is given time and would-be illegal aliens hear about it.

Yes, this article was actually in the NYT.

1 posted on 06/19/2018 7:54:09 PM PDT by reaganaut1
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who are struggling to make sense of what it means for the rest of their journey.
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IT MEANS, DON’T BREAK INTO OTHER COUNTRIES!


2 posted on 06/19/2018 7:57:35 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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The invaders may include children, but it is an invasion nonetheless.


3 posted on 06/19/2018 7:59:16 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Poor things are confused... shouldn’t be... don’t come!


4 posted on 06/19/2018 8:00:44 PM PDT by WKTimpco
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Did anyone see Geraldo on Hannity? I thought he was going to have a heart attack he was so hysterical. Crazy. Where is the concern for American children?


5 posted on 06/19/2018 8:01:40 PM PDT by dandiegirl (BO)
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“me, like Ms. Flores, are now considering staying in Mexico. “


Gee,that’s sad./s

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6 posted on 06/19/2018 8:02:36 PM PDT by Mears
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I saw Geraldo-——he was positively apoplectic——I thought he would have a stroke on air.

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7 posted on 06/19/2018 8:04:03 PM PDT by Mears
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You mean it might keep them from violating our laws and sovereignty, let them keep their kids and reduce the welfare and school burden in the United States? Damn that Drumpf and his Hitlerian policies!
8 posted on 06/19/2018 8:04:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Good, I want their plans put in serious doubt.


9 posted on 06/19/2018 8:04:42 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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Haha, I did too. His eyes were bulging out of his head.


10 posted on 06/19/2018 8:04:51 PM PDT by dandiegirl (BO)
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“Some, like Ms. Flores, are now considering staying in Mexico.”

Winning!

No wonder the Dems are freaking out - all there dreams of domination depend on importing socialist voters, because they abort so many of their own kids, or have trouble conceiving homosexually.


11 posted on 06/19/2018 8:07:18 PM PDT by BeauBo
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Womp womp.


12 posted on 06/19/2018 8:08:08 PM PDT by proust ("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
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As the title suggest, so it should
(cast doubt). Just knowing there’s
a possibility that parent/child
separation could occur would be a
normal parents worry. Those that
try to cross illegally, pretending
to be a family unit will be
scrutinized more fully.
BUILD THE WALL!


13 posted on 06/19/2018 8:08:28 PM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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“plans” = conspiracy to violate U.S. law


14 posted on 06/19/2018 8:09:24 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: Mears

too bad he didnt..he is such a douche bag


15 posted on 06/19/2018 8:09:35 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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“I saw Geraldo-——he was positively apoplectic——I thought he would have a stroke on air.”

The country would be a markedly better place if he did have a stroke - a very big one.


16 posted on 06/19/2018 8:11:07 PM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast
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Precisely why Trump is doing what he’s doing.


17 posted on 06/19/2018 8:11:15 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Republican senators in Washington moved to try to defuse the crisis and find a way to end the policy.
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Of course they are, because most of the GOP Senators are Bush League Republicans hell bent on turning the USA into North Mexico.


18 posted on 06/19/2018 8:12:02 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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Trump needs to TWEET this article.

It basically says that HIS POLICY is resulting in bringing control to the southern border.


19 posted on 06/19/2018 8:13:45 PM PDT by BobL (I drive a pick up truck because it makes me feel like a man)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Ping.


20 posted on 06/19/2018 8:15:14 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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