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Originally Posted by pastarocket
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CNN is getting closer and closer to TMZ levels of journalism.
Trump is merely enforcing a law that's been in place thanks to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that states when an illegal is detained and faces criminal proceedings, the child cannot accompany them. Currently as is, Trump is doing the zero tolerance to send a message to future crossers. Do I think that'll work? Not really but the point still stands that the US Govt is merely enforcing an existing law as much as they can. Sorry if it hurts your feelings.
If the violator attends court and pleads guilty, chances are they'll be sentenced to time served all in the same day. Meanwhile HHS is taking care of the children as is required by the same law. Eventually parents and children are reunited and sent to ICE.
Also:
Illegal entry - Misdemeanor
Illegal re-entry - Felony
It's a sticky moral situation that can only be fixed by congress but looking at this as a harmless outsider, I see Dems jumping on this for that golden hero opportunistic movement of using children as shields for their moral superiority. This whole process was happening while Obama was still in office so why were no law changes made way back then?