Posted on 01/30/2019 11:32:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Back in April, the Department of Justice sought to prevent illegal border crossing with a “zero tolerance” policy that involved a large expansion of criminal prosecutions. By June, holding facilities in Texas were packed, and pictures of crying children separated from parents hijacked any rational explanations, forcing President Trump to put the policy on hold.
The move stopped the media feeding frenzy, but didn’t plug the porous border. Now the frenzy is back, this time over dead children.
A few weeks ago, an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy died in custody, the second child from that country to die on the American side in a month. The first was a 7-year-old girl, and both children had been held with a parent after crossing illegally.
The horrible deaths set off predictable partisan fireworks, with Democrats demanding an investigation and many on the left accusing the administration of heartlessness despite frantic medical efforts to save the children.
The White House responded quickly by dispatching Homeland Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to the border and promising better and expanded health screenings.
Color me skeptical that either an investigation or enhanced care will ultimately improve border security or migrant health. The reality is that the sheer volume of illegal crossers, combined with advantages the law gives those traveling with children, means the expansion of benefits will almost instantly be swamped by tens of thousands of new arrivals.
Moreover, great danger is inherent in the long trek, especially for young children, some of whom may have pre-existing health conditions. It is not callous to say that it is unrealistic and unfair to make American border officials — and taxpayers — responsible for children whose parents are so irresponsible.
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…” some of whom may have pre-existing health conditions.”
...Yeah. Diseases that we haven’t seen in the US in decades are back. Yaaaay!!
If he had died in the road would that be better?
Let’s not mention the Salvadoran “immigrant” who recently slaughtered four Americans (56, 74, 80 and 81 years old) in the Reno area this month.
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