Posted on 06/16/2018 11:41:00 AM PDT by Mariner
Evangelist Franklin Graham says the practice separating children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border is "disgraceful.
But the North Carolina-based preacher isnt blaming the Trump administration and its zero-tolerance policy toward people who enter the United States illegally.
"I think it's disgraceful, it's terrible, to see families ripped apart, and I don't support that one bit, Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, said Wednesday in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network.
"I blame the politicians for the last 20, 30 years that have allowed this to escalate to the point where it is today. We are a country of laws, laws need to be obeyed, no question about that.
"But the situation we have today is the result of our lawmakers in Washington over generations ignoring this, and Im hopeful that soon something can be done to fix it.
Grahams opinion came the same day as Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, called Trump's asylum rules "immoral."
In May, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the nations intention to prosecute of adults separately from children when families seek asylum at the border. The children are placed in custody at a branch of the Health and Human Services Department while the adults are processed.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
“I think it’s disgraceful, it’s terrible, to see families ripped apart, and I don’t support that one bit,
Franklin ; have a clue . If the border jumping criminal parent would stop coming and stop dragging their whelps with them , there would be no problem. BUILD THE WALL , Make it as effective as Israel’s wall . Do it now . And make Mexico pay for it .
“It is terrible to see families torn apartits disgraceful.”
Many of us disagree.
It is not disgraceful to us. It is right and proper.
The source was Newsmax, not CNN.
“”I think it’s disgraceful, it’s terrible, to see families ripped apart, and I don’t support that one bit, Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, said Wednesday in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network.”
And his CBN quote differs from his Facebook post.
Whats disgraceful is the so called parents, by example, teaching their children to break the law to get what they want.
They are the ones who put the children in this position by their criminal actions.
From reading the article, hes not blaming the US or the Trump administration for enforcing the law, hes blaming the people who come here illegally and put their children in this position. I knew when I saw who it was, that he was being misconstrued. Franklin Graham is 100% pro-immigration law and its enforcement.
Okay, then, how do you say “stay out of the US and come in legally - you won’t be separated from your family”?
Its pretty much any Graham. Even Heather. Check out her directorial debut.
So the left wants the kids to included in the general population and not juvenile detention centers?
How very pedophile of them.
Why separate them? Just tell them to stay together but that they cannot enter the USA.
This (removing kids from their parents) is a designed stunt by Judas Sessions to lose votes for Republicans in the Fall. Sessions is a traitor to the country.
“This (removing kids from their parents) is a designed stunt by Judas Sessions to lose votes for Republicans in the Fall. Sessions is a traitor to the country.”
GOP will gain votes over this popular move.
GOP will gain votes over this popular move.
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I hope you are right. I think the plans are already set for this to be a primary talking point for dems and media have their role and scripts ready to go. Hopefully I’m wrong. I’m just so disheartened by Sessions that I view everything he does with extreme cynicism.
It’s awful, just like kids having to be separated from their parents who are in jail. Politicians bear some guilt, but ultimately, the parent’s own illegal actions are what cause the problem. Or do they think their children should be taken to jail with them? They’re banking on big hearted Americans, to fix the mess they made. If these people are strong enough to walk hundreds to thousands of miles to get here, knowing it’s illegal, where is the fortitude needed to stay home and fix their own broken countries? Where is their faith to pray and believe God to raise up righteous men and women to strengthen their countries, instead of worshipping idols twisted Marxist liberation theology, or nothing at all? How do they think America got where it is, in the first place? The pilgrims dedicated this country to God, and covenanted with Him. That’s what started us on the right track. And, yes, we screwed up lots of times, but enough God fearing people trusted Him, and He brought it to pass. Wisdom comes from God, and He keeps his covenants., bless His Holy Name.
Bullshit. These "parents" shouldn't be trying to illegally enter our country in the first place!
No fan of Jeff Sessions here however who's REALLY putting these kids at "risk": Jeff Sessions or their illegal immigrant parents?!
Plus, the separation is temporary. The children are sent to relatives living in the US as quickly as possible.
When is Congress going to give us a border wall to stop all this nonsense?
Thanks for posting the whole story.. It sure does change the the impression the Marxist Media wanted to make of it.
Send them all back.
But you were okay with running guns to Mexican drug lords who made Mexico unlivable for these poor families ?
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