Adults that bring children to the border that are not their own could be kidnapping them or attempting to sell them.
Should we then not detain these adults in holding facilities?
Secondly, should we just let children accompanying adults into the country with the adults? They could indeed be genetically related but that does not mean they are not kidnapped.
Fearful migrants have tons of tax-dollars (collected under several identities) from their extended visa-free stays here.
NOTE: Claiming "asylum" triggers hefty monthly SS checks.
The Washington Examiner reports the "fearful migrants" are cleaning out Western Unions in Texas, making bahuge withdrawals:
SAN ANTONIO, Texas People assisting the thousands of migrants who have arrived in San Antonio after being released from federal custody say Western Unions downtown are regularly running out of cash as a result of the high number of withdrawals being made by emigrants from Central American and African nations. Western Union has run out for the past two-and-a-half months," said Khalid Chini, a local resident and volunteer at the migrant resource center downtown. "All the surrounding area, the Western Unions, they run out of money. Withdrawals are running in the four and five-figure sums, according to the Examiner: (Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
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Fearful migrants Western Union pile is aside from the remittances already sent back home in their violence-proned countries to which they are anxious to return.....flush with thousands in cash.
Personally, as a retired LEO who worked in what TV calls “SVU”, I believe that children who are brought to the USA by NON-family members should be turned over to Child Protective Services to determine if they have been kidnapped, “trafficked”, molested and/or IF they should be returned to parents/lawful guardians.
(I’ve seen FAR too many children who were molested/trafficked/abused/murdered by PREDATORS to believe that any “non-familial” person should EVER get the child back W/O documented PROOF that the child is in their LAWFUL custody.)
Just my OPINION, TMN78247