Posted on 06/17/2018 12:16:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
First lady Melania Trump uncharacteristically waded into a fierce debate around immigration on Sunday, pushing for bipartisan cooperation to end the separation of migrant children from their parents at the border.
“Mrs. Trump hates to see children separated from their families and hopes both sides of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful immigration reform," according to a statement from her spokeswoman. "She believes we need to be a country that follows all laws, but also a country that governs with heart.”
The first lady's statement stood in contrast to comments made by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who implemented the "zero tolerance" policy that has led to the separation of families at the border. The president has also repeatedly blamed Democrats opposed to his immigration reform proposal, falsely crediting an anti-trafficking law that passed unanimously in 2008 under President George W. Bush for the separations.
The detention of children apart from their parents is a result of the policy mandated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and there is no law that requires family separation. As such, congressional action is not necessary to stop it. Sessions has said the intent is to eventually prosecute everyone who crosses the border illegally....
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First they tell us that biological nuclear families are a continuing criminal enterprise against single mothers and homosexual “husbands” and “wives,” then they tell us that we must let in millions of third-world welfare parasites because otherwise we would break up the sacred biological nuclear family.
Wonder if this story is jumping the shark or petering out now that Obama’s people have had to step in and make their excuses.
So here we go. Is Melania about to have her liberal coming out party?
Hopefully DJT will not be swayed ber her.
Of all times to finally speak up. I hope this is Fake News too. If real, The Donald may be having other problems.
Everyone who commits a crime that causes them to be incarcerated is separated from their loved ones of all ages, including children. That’s what prison is about. If you can’t do the time (because you have children) then don’t commit the crime.
They should close down the detention centers, reunite the kids, and SHIP THEM ALL BACK TOGETHER..I am sick and tired of MY taxpayer money funding this crap. They cross our border ILLEGALLY, and I have to pay for their comfy beds, pizza, and big screen TV’S, I dont think so..if these same people crossed the border with “I Vote Republican” t-shirts on these people would already be back on the other side of the border..and the Dems would have built the wall already
Well, this country DOES have a heart for other countries. It sends billions in aid every year. But having a heart doesn’t mean that you destroy your own country because people from dysfunctional countries want to crash our borders and take from the American taxpayers.
Nothing wrong with her statement. The families should be turned around at the border. Make your country great.
Don’t give me this heart bullshit! The gov’t responsibility is the LAW. If Americans want to do good in the world GO DO IT (the way we USED to in the past). Gov’t is bound by THE LAW. And the law is all we have between us and a state of nature (or a HELL of a lot worse.
Then it’s time to end the practice of incarceration for every citizen of America.
Othwerwise, shut up.
With all due respect to FLOTUS, she needs to comment about child traffickers trying to smuggle children as undocumented “families.”
‘F*** You Melanie’: Kathy Griffin Blasts ‘Complicit’ Melania Trump For Family-Separating Immigration Statement
http://www.newsweek.com/kathy-griffin-melania-trump-immigration-children-separation-melanie-twitter-980454
Simple solution, send them both back.
Does anyone in the fake news ever mention that when Americans also commit crimes, they can’t take their kids to jail either???
Does anyone mention parental responsibility here?
No one is going into Guatemala and separating kids from their parents. Their parents BROKE OUR LAW. We don’t have jails suitable for bringing the whole family!
The parents shouldn’t bring their children illegally into a country! It’s THEM separating from their kids! By their deed! Try robbing a liquor store with your two year old!!! He’s not going into the jail with you.
if these same people crossed the border with “I Vote Republican” t-shirts on these people would already be back on the other side of the border...
as protests grow.....
And Nancy Pelosi, Feinstein, and Schumer would be the one directing traffic..and the wall would be built too, YEARS ago..for Dems, every single illegal alien is a vote in their pocket..just give them food stamps, welfare, and health care for LIFE and all that is asked in return is their vote
The only protests I see are from the media, protesting laws and procedures that their god Obama put in place. This is their latest anit-Trump meme and it too will backfire on them. Idiots.
This is getting more than ridiculous. We are spending more time, energy and money on making sure we accommodate illegals when in our very own neighborhoods kids are malnourished, living in squalor and in some cases very dangerous circumstances. Money would be better spent sending them back with their parents and offering aid of some sort. This “dreamer” concept has turned into a nightmare.
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