Leftists continue their campaign of besmirching President Trump, with a recent foray being to bash the practice of separating children from their illegal alien parents, as if that policy were illogical or historically unprecedented.
But as DHS Secretary Nielsen observed in response, “In the United States if you break the law, you go to jail and you’re separated from your family. It shouldn’t be any different for illegal immigrants.”
The photo below shows a couple of toddlers being transported north apparently by their parents on the top of a train. Any Americans subjecting their children to such hazardous travel would likely see the kids removed by Family Services for endangerment.
A 2014 NPR program titled “Who Are The Kids Of The Migrant Crisis?” showed children jumping on a moving train which is quite dangerous.
Here’s a report from CBS on the issue:
Tension grows as hundreds of children are separated from parents at the border, CBS News, May 29, 2018
Tension is growing in Washington over the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy, letting border security agents separate the children of immigrants trying to enter the U.S. illegally. The president is holding Democrats responsible for what he calls a “horrible law,” but critics say there is no law requiring families to be split up.
The number of illegal border crossings more than tripled in April in comparison to the same month last year. That increase led to intense friction between Mr. Trump and Homeland Security secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen — so much so that Nielsen’s long-term job security is now in question. In response, new measures now separate all undocumented immigrants caught at the border from children traveling with them in hopes it will discourage future border crossers, reports CBS News correspondent Major Garrett.
Mr. Trump’s crackdown on illegal crossings on the U.S.-Mexico border is now more intense than ever. On May 4, Nielsen ordered federal prosecution against any individual caught crossing the border illegally. As a result, those adults traveling with children are now being separated once detained because children cannot be held in adult jails.
Between May 6 and May 19, 638 adults were referred for prosecution. Those adults brought with them a total of 658 children, all of whom were separated from the adults they traveled with. Nielsen recently defended the move.
“In the United States that if you break the law, you go to jail and you’re separated from your family. It shouldn’t be any different for illegal immigrants,” she said.
In a statement, a White House spokesman said Democrats are responsible for the separations “because they refuse to close border loopholes that prevent those families from being swiftly returned home.”
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