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This recent influx is "seeking asylum" because they see it as a way around entering illegally. Generally if they are seeking asylum they have a fairly long wait for their case to be heard up to a year often in which time they are given benefits until their case is heard. During this time the norm has been to disappear and work illegally never showing up for their hearing. Families get that anchor baby out to play on the emotions of the justice system and public incase they are found and threatened with deportation some time down the road.
Most of these people are from Guatemala and Honduras. Mexico is the first safe country. If they were truly in need of asylum they could get that in Mexico. Most of these people do not meet the requirements for asylum.
I do agree with you, that these babies and children are being used by their illegal parents as a means of entry into our country.
And I also fee that one of the biggest differences between the immigrants of a hundred years ago and now, is that in the past, the immigrants arriving in the US were closer in education and job skill levels to Americans. But these days, the immigrants coming in have a great gap in education and skills than US citizens. Plus the fact that there are so many more government handout programs for the poor. And since we have to teach the children of illegals, we have to hire teachers that can school them in their native tongue. So processing immigrants into our society has become much more costly to the taxpayers than it did in previous generations.
And to all the bleeding heart liberals in this thread, do they even realize that the US is not a wealthy country? In fact, our economy is rather unhealthy with its massive government debt and the majority of Americans deep in personal credit card and student debt. Most Americans don't even have money saved for retirement! We have no excess funds, jobs or housing to give to these needy illegals.
This recent influx is "seeking asylum" because they see it as a way around entering illegally. Generally if they are seeking asylum they have a fairly long wait for their case to be heard up to a year often in which time they are given benefits until their case is heard. During this time the norm has been to disappear and work illegally never showing up for their hearing. Families get that anchor baby out to play on the emotions of the justice system and public incase they are found and threatened with deportation some time down the road.
Most of these people are from Guatemala and Honduras. Mexico is the first safe country. If they were truly in need of asylum they could get that in Mexico. Most of these people do not meet the requirements for asylum.
Our country is losing its soul. Absolutely no reason to separate families. House them together and if they are going to be deported for entering illegally. Do so together.
I do agree with you, that these babies and children are being used by their illegal parents as a means of entry into our country.
And I also fee that one of the biggest differences between the immigrants of a hundred years ago and now, is that in the past, the immigrants arriving in the US were closer in education and job skill levels to Americans. But these days, the immigrants coming in have a great gap in education and skills than US citizens. Plus the fact that there are so many more government handout programs for the poor. And since we have to teach the children of illegals, we have to hire teachers that can school them in their native tongue. So processing immigrants into our society has become much more costly to the taxpayers than it did in previous generations.
And to all the bleeding heart liberals in this thread, do they even realize that the US is not a wealthy country? In fact, our economy is rather unhealthy with its massive government debt and the majority of Americans deep in personal credit card and student debt. Most Americans don't even have money saved for retirement! We have no excess funds, jobs or housing to give to these needy illegals.
People are also forgetting that often time these parents that are supposedly having their children ripped from them aren't the parents. Also many children come across the border alone, no adults.
The article I linked about the Texas WalMart facility said the majority of the boys there came without adults.
No one yet has given their idea on what should be done with the 50,000 people a month showing up at the border. Where do we house all of them, how do we keep track of them, feed them, etc. How do their numbers affect the ones who have been awaiting asylum from war torn countries or who have gone through the proper channels to legally immigrate here.
No one has commented on the fate of the over 2 million US children taken by DHS when their parents commit crimes or go AWOL or the lack of foster care and facilities we have now for US kids already in the system.
Our country is losing its soul. Absolutely no reason to separate families. House them together and if they are going to be deported for entering illegally. Do so together.
Do you know what had bee happening when they are housed together awaiting a hearing?
Listening to NPR just now, a family of nine from Guatemala (there are grandparents and a SIL involved) are at the Mexican side of the bridge in Brownsville, TX, waiting to claim refugee status. And their reason? One or two of their teen sons have been threatened by a drug gang. IMO that's not enough reason for the whole family of nine to leave their country. If they have any ties to another country, then send the sons, but the rest of the family needs to stay in Guatemala.
IMO another instance of a family trying to use their children to gain entry into the US.
And we have drug gang violence in the US, what about our urban teens at risk? Shouldn't they be relocated to safety ahead of faux refugees in the same situation?
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