Posted on 06/27/2019 2:58:33 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Several years ago, a famous politician delivered a message to Central American families: Do not send your children to the borders If they do make it, theyll get sent back.
It wasnt Mitch McConnell. It wasnt Donald Trump.
This was President Obama, in 2014. The warning was among numerous tough statements the Democratic president made as he sought to stem the flow of illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border. [ ]
That is our direct message to the families in Central America: Do not send your children to the borders, Obama said in the 2014 interview with ABC News. If they do make it, theyll get sent back. More importantly, they might not make it. [ ]
In 2011, Obama signed a bill that called for 1,500 new border agents.
The same year as the ABC interview, Obama said that U.S. border personnel should be able to stem the flow of illegal crossings and speed the return of those who do cross over. He also said, Undocumented workers broke our immigration laws, and I believe that they must be held accountable.
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Which was all the jacked up jackanape did...
"Sob, Obama said what? "
What does the Barmaid from Bronx think?
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