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N.J. dad: Why my daughter asked, 'Will President Trump deport my friend?' | Opinion
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com ^ | November 9, 2016

Posted on 11/13/2016 5:09:35 AM PST by SMGFan

Over the past week, my eight-year-old daughter had a persistent worry which my wife and I kept trying to tamp down: that if Donald Trump got elected, her friends with immigrant parents would be forced to leave the country.

  We tried to reassure her that that was unlikely — even if Trump won. But on Wednesday morning, after we told her Trump was indeed headed to the White House, there were tears nonetheless, and another heartbreaking expression of worry for her friends.

Parenting and politics collide. I hadn't even made a pot of coffee yet. There's been a lot written in the past few days about "What do we tell the children" in the face of a Trump. How do we address the rise of a man who says things they've known since pre-K they'd be suspended for saying themselves? There have been countless tweets and water cooler conversations between parents about how their kids are upset and anxious over a Trump victory.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: deport; illegals
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We had fanatics pro Obama when he got elected, now fanatic anti Trump.
1 posted on 11/13/2016 5:09:35 AM PST by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

Yes, the friend will be deported and back with her family.


2 posted on 11/13/2016 5:11:11 AM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: ConservativeMind

If they aren’t here legally....


3 posted on 11/13/2016 5:12:24 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: SMGFan

Is your little friend a lawbreaker? Start with that question.


4 posted on 11/13/2016 5:12:28 AM PST by petercooper (Is there anything Hillary Clinton is involved with which isn't illegal?)
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To: SMGFan

“What do we tell the children” in the face of a Trump.

Its very simple, stupid, for the first time try telling them the truth and throw away that participation trophy!


5 posted on 11/13/2016 5:13:30 AM PST by mazda77 (The solution: Vote Trump)
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To: SMGFan

I remember the Obama church hymns some kids in California sang in 2008. Terrible indoctrination.


6 posted on 11/13/2016 5:14:44 AM PST by CommieCutter ("Trump is god emperor and he will win.")
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To: SMGFan

Not a single legal immigrant will be deported. Not one. That’s what you tell her.

“No sweetie, if your friend and her family followed the rules to get into the country, then the rules prevent them from being deported.”

If she asked what happens if they didn’t follow the rules, ask her what she thinks should happen to people who cut in line. The answer you should have taught her by 8-years old is “They need to go to the end of the line and wait like those who are following the rules.”


7 posted on 11/13/2016 5:15:17 AM PST by Anitius Severinus Boethius (www.wilsonharpbooks.com - Sign up for my new release e-mail and get my first novel for free)
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To: SMGFan

He can adopt her friend and pay for the cost of raising her. Problem solved.


8 posted on 11/13/2016 5:15:35 AM PST by rightwingcrazy ("We will not tolerate those who are intolerant of the intolerant.")
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It's called obedience to the law,sweetheart.If your friend is here illegally then he/she will most assuredly be deported.

Now how about some ice cream!

9 posted on 11/13/2016 5:15:41 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: petercooper

From the article:

“We live in a mostly Latino neighborhood of largely Mexican and Salvadoran immigrants. Many of them don’t have papers.”

The author condones blatant lawbreaking in order to get the votes he needs to destroy the republic.

He won’t be deported, but maybe we can change the policies of blatant indoctrination that are prevalent at his daughter’s public school.


10 posted on 11/13/2016 5:15:56 AM PST by marktwain
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The Trump victory seems to have unleashed a flood of Parenting In Public, mostly of the ‘What do I tell my child?’ variety.

In other words, it’s poorly disguised narcissism...the same kind that has Facebookers posting two dozen photos per day of their little darlings doing absolutely naff all.


11 posted on 11/13/2016 5:19:36 AM PST by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends.)
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...after we told her Trump was indeed headed to the White House, there were tears nonetheless, and another heartbreaking expression of worry for her friends.

As the saying goes..."SUCKITUPBUTTERCUP".

12 posted on 11/13/2016 5:19:39 AM PST by GoldenPup
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To: ConservativeMind

Will my friend not be able to kill her baby in the womb when she’s older??


13 posted on 11/13/2016 5:19:51 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: SMGFan

Oh God here it comes, the children the children!!! Sorry libs, that scam don’t work anymore just like the fake racism and the fake victimization.


14 posted on 11/13/2016 5:20:06 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hillary Clinton IS a felon.)
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To: ConservativeMind

I’ll admit I skimmed through the story but the first thing that stood out is word “undocumented” is absent, just “immigrants”.


15 posted on 11/13/2016 5:20:21 AM PST by CommieCutter ("Trump is god emperor and he will win.")
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To: SMGFan

16 posted on 11/13/2016 5:21:41 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: SMGFan
that if Donald Trump got elected, her friends with immigrant parents would be forced to leave the country.

Immigrant parents or criminal illegal aliens?

17 posted on 11/13/2016 5:21:45 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hillary Clinton IS a felon.)
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To: marktwain

Here in NJ those illegals are the only thing keeping the government worker caste (especially teachers) collecting paychecks. Since they contribute nothing in the legitimate economy, American taxpayers are footing the bill.

Best answer is another question: Did your friend break the law?


18 posted on 11/13/2016 5:22:22 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: mazda77

Tell them to fear the politicians who allowed this problem to fester for decades in hopes of taking over the American electoral system. Many are still serving; many are zealously pursuing higher office.


19 posted on 11/13/2016 5:22:34 AM PST by FirstFlaBn
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To: Gaffer

“We live in a mostly Latino neighborhood of largely Mexican and Salvadoran immigrants. Many of them don’t have papers.”


20 posted on 11/13/2016 5:23:20 AM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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