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To: Delacon
The Family Separation Straw Man

IMO this straw man 'argument' is the easiest to dispute and is a real laugher. By this 'logic' then we should never ever put any criminal in Prison as it 'separates him, or her, from the family'.

And last I checked, being separated from your family is not an argument for acquittal or never included in a judge's instructions to a jury.

Remember jurors, if you find Tyrone (or Juan) guilty of Armed Robbery he'll be in Prison for Ten Years and separated from his family.
And being deported is surely a much lesser 'penalty' than going to $#$*ing PRISON!

and, like it states the kids can go back to México with su madre o padre

10 posted on 05/09/2009 7:17:42 AM PDT by Condor51 (The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
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To: Condor51

Yes, I’ve made that point myself on other threads. We seperate criminals from their children all the time. Now the constitution grants children citizenship when born here so they are protected but ultimate jurisdiction lies with the parent and the country of the parent where he/she is a legal citizen. So the parent has the right/obligation to take the child back with them to their country of origin. However what the parent is doing is hiding behind their child’s citizenship in order to stay.


11 posted on 05/09/2009 7:27:36 AM PDT by Delacon ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." H. L. Mencken)
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