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Ryan not comfortable with separating parents, kids at border
AP via Yahoo ^ | June 14th, 2018 | MATTHEW DALY and KEVIN FREKING

Posted on 06/14/2018 11:54:52 AM PDT by Mariner

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday he's not comfortable with a Trump administration policy that separates children and parents at the southern border, as House Republicans, under increasing pressure to address the humanitarian crisis, raced to finish a new immigration bill.

"We don't want kids to be separated from their parents," Ryan said, adding that the policy is being dictated by a court ruling that prevents children who enter the country illegally from being held in custody for long periods.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi pushed back on that assessment, saying that President Donald Trump could "stop the practice on a dime."

She called the Trump administration's separation policy "barbaric," adding: "It has to stop."

Some Republicans are beginning to distance themselves from the policy. News stories have highlighted that families are being separated as they enter the country illegally from Mexico. Many of those families are seeking asylum in the U.S.

The separation policy has become a political flashpoint at a time when House Republican leaders are trying to craft compromise legislation on immigration. The bill aims to address thorny issues that have bedeviled Congress for years.

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., tweeted Thursday that he told a constituent that, "I am asking the White House to keep families together as much as we can."

Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kan., said he's "heartbroken" by the separations and is working to find a solution to keep families together. His comments were in response to a letter from local officials urging him to demand that the Department of Homeland Security end the practice.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: immigration; loser; paulryan; ryan
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To: Mariner
Adults are bringing kids along on a dangerous and illegal journey to elicit sympathy points.
Put a stop to that by making it known it does not work.
In the long run, it will be safer for the kids.

21 posted on 06/14/2018 12:01:36 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Mariner
I agree.Send them ALL home.
22 posted on 06/14/2018 12:02:35 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
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To: BitWielder1

“In the long run, it will be safer for the kids.”

Correct.

Separation and tents in the desert is a DETERRENT that should be left in place.


23 posted on 06/14/2018 12:03:55 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: GraceG

Or the kid robs a bank? Don’t forget that?


24 posted on 06/14/2018 12:05:04 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Mariner

Heck, Ryan isn’t comfortable with doing his job. Any other venue, he would be fired.


25 posted on 06/14/2018 12:05:04 PM PDT by Parmy
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To: Parmy

How long until we can separate Ryan from his job?


26 posted on 06/14/2018 12:06:50 PM PDT by jyo19
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To: Mariner
Who gives a crap what this weasel is comfortable with??? If these damned illegals don't want their families seperated at the border then DON'T COME.

NOBODY INVITED YOU!

27 posted on 06/14/2018 12:07:10 PM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: BitWielder1
What you correctly describe is one of the principal functions of Misdirection: Familiar Leftist Tactic.

It is like a stage magaician, who employs misdirection of attention to hide what is really going on.

28 posted on 06/14/2018 12:07:47 PM PDT by Ohioan
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To: Mariner

I figure if a parent commits a federal crime, then the Dept of Child Services comes in and takes their children while they are incarcerated. How is this different?


29 posted on 06/14/2018 12:08:02 PM PDT by AC86UT89
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To: Mariner

This policy was in place before President Trump took office, it is not a Trump policy. I could not care less what happens to criminals entering the country illegally. If they don’t want to their families separated, maybe they should stay in their sh!thole of origin.


30 posted on 06/14/2018 12:08:09 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: Mariner

You have any extra rooms at your house, Pauly?


31 posted on 06/14/2018 12:08:27 PM PDT by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: Mariner

Well, if “comfort” is your gauge...


32 posted on 06/14/2018 12:08:27 PM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: Mariner

Maybe he can shove them up his butt to keep them safe!


33 posted on 06/14/2018 12:08:32 PM PDT by heights
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To: Mariner

Glad this guy is retiring.


34 posted on 06/14/2018 12:09:00 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Mariner

Said this many months ago that America is finished. Immigration will destroy this Country. It already destroyed California and NY is not much better. Load the States with illegal voters that will vote with the communists Democrats and what do you have?


35 posted on 06/14/2018 12:09:36 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Don’t separate them. Send the entire family back.

If the refugee aspect of the border approach is valid, send the entire family to a detention “tent city” where they are to be held until their claim may be fully vetted. This may take a while, so be prepared for a sometimes long-term detention. It may be practical to set up a detention center either on an offshore US island, or on land that is not considered US soil, like the base at Guantanamo. Shuttle the families there immediately upon arrival, then we talk.

NO releases into the general population under any circumstances.


37 posted on 06/14/2018 12:10:33 PM PDT by alloysteel ("No" is a complete sentence. On so many levels.)
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To: Mariner

Why separate them? Deport the entire family. And don’t allow unaccompanied alien children to cross our border into the US. Let the Mexican government humanely house them on their side of the border.


38 posted on 06/14/2018 12:10:36 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Mariner

Ryan is ok with Kate Steinle being separated from her dad.


39 posted on 06/14/2018 12:10:55 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Mariner
But he's perfectly comfortable separating American parents and children.
40 posted on 06/14/2018 12:10:56 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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