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You forget to say these kids didn’t magically lend in jail. They were brought there by their parents that purposely broke immigration laws. They possibly even d
by tasogare 7y ago
You forget to say these kids didn’t magically lend in jail. They were brought there by their parents that purposely broke immigration laws. They possibly even did it with the idea of appealing to emotion of US citizens to get away with it.
- ABeeSea 7y agoApplying for asylum at the border isn’t illegal.
- sfkdjf9j3j 7y agoThey aren't breaking immigration laws as they are asylum seekers.
- drocer88 7y agoThey are economic migrants, otherwise they'd apply for "asylum" with Mexico.
- oh_sigh 7y agoPretty much everyone is going to say they are seeking asylum if they are caught.
- take_a_breath 7y agoJust like anyone is going to say they are innocent if arrested. Luckily, we have a process to determine validity.
- magic_beans 7y agoThis country was literally founded as a refuge for asylum-seekers.
- oh_sigh 7y agoThat's not even remotely true.
- astrodust 7y agoGo read the Statue of Liberty.
- oh_sigh 7y agoYou probably mean the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, which was written a century after the founding of the nation. The founding fathers weren't shy about writing their ideas down. If you're going to speak of the founding, maybe you can quote the actual words of the actual founding fathers, instead of a poet 100 years later. Where did they say the country was founded as a refuge for asylum-seekers?
- astrodust 7y agoRemind me, if you will, who the Pilgrims were?
- oh_sigh 7y agoI didn't know the pilgrims founded the country. Also ironic you would bring them up since they were very much an "asylum for me, but not for thee" group, which explains all of the religious refugees leaving Massachusetts during the pilgrim's rule.
- tasogare 7y agoThat country was literally founded because indigenous people couldn't enforce their borders.
- anthony_romeo 7y agoI understand, but why are the conditions of some of these facilities appalling?
- kingkawn 7y agoHow devious of them to suffer, often because of US intervention in south and Central America, and then tell us about it.
- ansible 7y ago> They were brought there by their parents that purposely broke immigration laws. Yes, they crossed the border illegally, in order to apply for asylum, because they would have been automatically rejected otherwise. Think though, for a moment, how desperate someone must be, to give up their home, travel thousands of miles (not in an airplane) and put their lives in danger, just for the chance for asylum in the USA. > They possibly even did it with the idea of appealing to emotion of US citizens to get away with it. Yes, because parents of children often sacrifice their children's health and livelihood just to make a point. Or as a media stunt. If you don't care about these people, if you feel no sympathy at all, that's fine (well... it's not fine, but it is besides the point). But such cynicism as to their own motives is not accurate.