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What he did was change a policy/procedure of "catch and release" without having all the agencies involved figure out BEFOREHAND how to accommodate the obvious crowd that was going to ensue in detention facilities. It became not only outrageously inhumane to the children, it was chaotic and disorganized and pretty obvious that no one knew what to do.
Trump is the one who made this change without doing the necessary work beforehand. You can blame the folks coming up here all you want; that was not the problem, though. It was Trump making a simplistic fiat about a very complex problem involving several agencies.
I vehemently disagree.
The people who trekked up here across central America, knowing the US Government was going to enforce our laws, and attempted to defy the law put their own kids at risk not just during the trip, but as a result of their actions they could be detained if not raped, kidnapped or murdered by human traffickers.
One of the most disgusting aspects to this entire issue is how these illegal invaders admit they spend THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS to cross the border, after leaving a country where that sort of money is a couple years salary....
These "poor" people have a couple extra years salary on hand saved up for a trip like that?
The fault of this lies squarely at the feet of the assholes who tried to sneak into the country and now are exploiting the plight of their children suffering because of the actions of the people who are supposed to care about them. Looks like YOU give a shit about these kids more than anyone else does.
That's because you're being manipulated by media.
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