I was watching an MSNBC discussion show Friday morning, with all four panelists agreeing, vociferously, that Donald J. Trump was “anti immigrant” and his deportation plan would inevitably lead to “separation of families.”
This can get deep fast because the courts have ruled that while adult illegals can be held almost indefinitely, children can be held in a facility no more than 20 days.
Under Trump’s first term, following the law, Trump removed the children from the adults, and promptly lost track of many of them. This horrified a large segment of the American public, fewer of whom are aware that the Joe Biden administration lost track of 300,000 children, according to Republicans. An AP fact check doused the 300,000 figure, but acknowledged there were missing children.
Anyway, as to “anti-immigrant,” no. Keep in mind I have no love for Trump and his careless, often vile language, because it creates a poor image of people, like me, who see illegals as a problem, but not because most of them are “Bad hombres,” as Trump has said.
Like many in his adversarial mainstream media, Trump does not distinguish between immigrants here lawfully, and those who are not. Good and bad are all dumped into a pot labelled “migrant.” It is a serious mistake.
If you believe Trump hates “immigrants,” explain why he has given extraordinary powers to Elon Musk, perhaps America’s best-known immigrant, and certainly the wealthiest.
Trump is not “anti-immigrant.” He is anti illegal immigrant and he hurts himself by being so obtuse.
As to the separation of families, former ICE director (and now Border Czar} Tom Homan, whose face looks like a clenched fist, was mercilessly direct: Every single day American families are “separated” when Daddy gets sentenced to jail after being convicted of a crime. There is no earthly reason illegals should not be subject to the same.
In reality, Homan says, if the parents are illegal and their born-in-America children are legal, the parents choose whether to take the children with them back to the parents’ home country, or to leave them here to be raised by legal family members.
The family will be “separated” only if the parents wish it, as they are deported.
One other thought. I don’t like the word “deport.” So harsh.
I prefer “repatriated.”
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