Posted on 08/13/2019 2:10:45 PM PDT by ransomnote
FULL TITLE: ICE DIRECTOR SAYS IMMIGRANT PARENTS 'ULTIMATELY THE ONES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE' FOR BEING SEPARATED FROM THEIR CHILDREN
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting director Matthew Albence has blamed immigrant parents for agents separating them from their children, arguing that they are responsible for being detained.
"The parents or the individuals that are breaking the law are ultimately the ones that are responsible for placing their children in this situation," Albence said in a pre-recorded interview with NBC Nightly News, which will air in full on Tuesday evening.
The immigration official made the comment after he was confronted with a video of a crying child whose father was detained by ICE in a large raid in Mississippi last week. Gabe Gutierrez, who was interviewing Albence, asked what he would say to the young girl.
"I don't think I would speak to the little girl. I would speak to the parents and I would speak to the community at large. Look, I'm a parent, most of our officers and agents are parents – some of the most difficult things that we have to do in our jobs to enforce the laws involve the separation of parents from children," he said.
Pointing out that some ICE agents deal with separating families on a daily basis, he argued that the agency conducts "operations with professionalism, with compassion and with humanity." MORE AT LINK - INCLUDES VIDEO OF INTERVIEW
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
In other news, water is wet, fire is hot, and bears sh*t in the woods.
Like, duuuh. Don’t come here. Stay home with the kids and stay a family.
Graham says 30% of the families are fake bought and paid for.
You’ve done your research. I don’t know if I would want this to be a part of my legacy that I pushed opened the door to child exploitation. But I just don’t think people like us have put this equation together. And you can be sure the media is going to be null and void on the topic.
This is one of the things the GOP should be doing and they disappoint me by not so. The GOP has the upper hand right now and they should be hammering past mistakes rather than defend themselves for doing the right things now. We spend too much time on defense against nothing rather than nailing the left for everything they’ve been hiding. Example: “you’re wrong for separating families.” “You were wrong for letting non-family predators take advantage of children using the same separation tactics.” Let them duck for a while.
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