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Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan View Post
I read "emergency facilities." But then one reads what one wants to read. The real mistake is allowing the number of immigrant children to continue rising.

Mexico needs to be held accountable for this.
I think everyone should be accountable. Trump had a good arrangement with Mexico when they granted his request for 27,000 Mexican troops to patrol the border. That was in large part why the invasion never happened, as the Mexican troops were really turning back the caravans. He also had a good arrangement that Mexican troops would patrol the border with Honduras and Guatemala. The US should certainly not separate children from their parents. But there ARE adults accompanying children POSING as their parents to get into the US. And when they have ZERO documents to prove it, I really dont know what the solution is there. Traffickers bring children in posing as their parents or guardians. Its a big strategy that ruins it for the genuine parents and kids seeking asylum. What can be done?


I wish I could believe the part about Trump's supposed arrangement with Mexico, and the other part about there being a real invasion.

But I can't. For the simple reason that with Trump's penchant for tooting his own horn, he would've splattered it all over the news. Instead, he insisted on a non-existent invasion when in reality it was much less than that.

I'm sure Mexico did its part, no doubt about that. Which in itself is a small wonder considering the shitty treatment it has constantly received from Trump.

But 27 thousand Mexican troops watching the U.S. border at Trump's bidding? Sorry... sounds like a tall tale to me.

What I do know about the "supposed" invasion is that Trump used it to stoke the fires of hatred that will continue for decades to come. And THIS... is having and will continue to have serious consequences.

Now, is Biden doing any better with immigration? That is yet to be seen... but I'm not holding out hope that he's going to be much better. He'll likely err in the opposite direction.