Care4all
Warrior Princess
- Mar 24, 2007
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sorry, you don't know the law....Hello?YES....when it is simply for a MISDEMEANOR charge, if they do not qualify for REFUGEE status after it has been reviewed.
They should not be treated like they are being charged with a felony. like the people trying to cross the border illegally a second time, AFTER their first time and their refugee status was DENIED and they were shipped back home once before.
91% of these separations f parents from their children are for people who may be charged with a MISDEMEANOR,only 9% with a felony...
for goodness sake! We don't take children from their parents for an alleged misdemeanor charge....that's is NOT JUSTICE.
And that is not how the laws were written, Congress gave mercy for first time crossers seeking refugee status by making the illegal crossing for them a misdemeanor, and then came down hard with a felony for second time crossers who had already been given leniency/mercy and a chance to see if they did qualify for Refugee Asylum....
What Sessions is doing, is making the first time crosser and misdemeanor charge, EQUAL TO the felony charge, when Congress clearly separated the two circumstances.... sessions is DEFYING the law and the spirit of the law.
The parents shouldnt be engaging in illegal activities. Perhaps, the parents should consider how they put their children at risk before they endeavor in this illegal activity.
they are seeking refugee status. If they do qualify, it is NOT a crime at all.
And if it is a crime, it is a misdemeanor....a misdemeanor!!! For goodness sake....NOT A FELONY.... and it used to be simply a "civil offense" like a parking ticket....
And NO, people coming here from Honduras or ElSalvador seeking refugee asylum status should NOT be separated from their kids... they are not even charged with the misdemeanor, until they have been denied the Refugee status, if they do qualify for refugee status, there is no charge at all. The kids should not be taken from their parents under those circumstances...PERIOD.
No, they shouldn't be trying to come in illegally, refugee, illegal, whatever you want to call them.
If they are seeking refugee status, it is not against the law.....not until they have been DENIED their refugee status because they did not qualify.
The refugees are turning themselves in, seeking asylum.
AND THESE are the people you are traumatizing....
by law, they have every right to come here and seek asylum...only if they do such, and do not qualify, is it a misdemeanor for their crossing.