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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Speaking out to Ivanka, a hate enabler, is what we all should be doing [View all]oberliner
(58,724 posts)63. Obama administration kicks off family deportation raids
The Obama administration confirmed Monday that it began a new wave of arrests of Central American immigrant families over the weekend, moving forward with deportations of mothers and children despite an outcry from immigrant rights groups and potential political fallout for Democrats.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a statement that 121 people were taken into custody in Georgia, Texas and North Carolina in recent days and will soon face deportation.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/obama-family-deportation-raids-217329
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a statement that 121 people were taken into custody in Georgia, Texas and North Carolina in recent days and will soon face deportation.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/obama-family-deportation-raids-217329
America's shameful 'prison camps'
The U.S. government has the largest immigration detention system in the world, and that is nothing to be proud of. The underlying problem with immigration detention is that most detainees are only guilty of being in the U.S. without authorization, which is a civil offense, not a crime.
Yet detainees are treated like criminals, held behind bars and barbed wire, often in remote locations. In fact, in at least one respect, immigration detainees are treated worse than criminals: Criminal defendants have the right to a speedy adjudication and to court-appointed legal counsel. Immigration detainees do not.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/23/opinions/reyes-immigration-detention/
The U.S. government has the largest immigration detention system in the world, and that is nothing to be proud of. The underlying problem with immigration detention is that most detainees are only guilty of being in the U.S. without authorization, which is a civil offense, not a crime.
Yet detainees are treated like criminals, held behind bars and barbed wire, often in remote locations. In fact, in at least one respect, immigration detainees are treated worse than criminals: Criminal defendants have the right to a speedy adjudication and to court-appointed legal counsel. Immigration detainees do not.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/23/opinions/reyes-immigration-detention/
Latinos are already being sent to camps and/or deported under Obama. I would still be courteous to him and his family if we were on the same airplane.
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Speaking out to Ivanka, a hate enabler, is what we all should be doing [View all]
adigal
Dec 2016
OP
Did you hear that "whatever" was voted the most annoying expression this year? Nt
adigal
Dec 2016
#12
There's a difference between being tough and behaving like a childish loud-mouthed fool.
EffieBlack
Dec 2016
#72
Attacking the man's daughter is fools play and will achieve nothing. You must be kidding.
Trust Buster
Dec 2016
#32
Are her children part of the team too ? Sorry, any way you try to rationalize it, it was
Trust Buster
Dec 2016
#62
Exactly right. We don't need people who think this way on our side. They are a liability.
phleshdef
Dec 2016
#67
No, we allow people traveling with their children on an airplane to do so in peace
oberliner
Dec 2016
#15
The Trumposters will appreciate your kindness when they march your neighbors off
adigal
Dec 2016
#57
Bullshit Obama didn't start these raids and the "Obama did it" is a bullshit response
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#68
Ambushing and harassing a mom in front of her very young children is beyond obnoxious
HoneyBadger
Dec 2016
#18
+1. Traitor Trump/his family/his cabinet/his supporters want to dole out hate and negativity to...
iluvtennis
Dec 2016
#42
Not how I want to fight back. Theses guys were just like the ugly person in the Target
Fla Dem
Dec 2016
#24
i agree it is our nature to be above that. But in this new fascist age of trump, we gotta get in the
iluvtennis
Dec 2016
#43
Agreed. All the polite, nice Democrats here think we are playing by the old rule book
adigal
Dec 2016
#60
If we get in the gutter with them, how can anyone tell the difference between us and them?
EffieBlack
Dec 2016
#74
I don't think many people walk in to Donald Trump and tell him the real deal and are able to get
TrekLuver
Dec 2016
#37
We need to recognize Ivanka is no better than her father. It would do no good to yell at her.
Hamlette
Dec 2016
#41
1 Ivanka did not have a normal father-daughter childhood. 2 She is codependent in a sick ....
Hekate
Dec 2016
#46
Actually, people who REALLY know how to fight evil and do it every day, don't do it with
EffieBlack
Dec 2016
#75
woah Donald just go everywhere with your grandkids! That will stop the criticisms...
Madam45for2923
Dec 2016
#48
I hope her life is as miserable as her and her piece of shit daddy will make it for all of us.
libtodeath
Dec 2016
#49
I'm probably hopelessly naive, but Ivanka might be the only voice of sanity around Trump
renate
Dec 2016
#59
You DO realize that many on the right felt exactly this way about President Obama - and that's how
EffieBlack
Dec 2016
#83