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Then explain the multitudes of unaccompanied minors crossing the border during Obama’s two terms. Obama was so concerned for their safety, his BP set up procedures that put them in wire cages. None of these kids had parents? Why weren’t they deported?
I don’t know, but it would be helpful if you point out which ones had parents who were fighting to take their children back to their country of origin?
His father wanted him back. Sending him back was the right thing to do.
I lived in south Florida during that time.
I wholeheartedly agree. It was a custody matter. Elián was not an orphan. He had a father. Governments of any political leanings shouldn’t interfere in family matters.
Yes, I remember him. Custody fight between his father in Cuba and his American cousins/family in FL. Elian was ultimately sent back to his father in Cuba, and Elian's all grown up now.
I grew up in south Miami and lived there at the time besides what you heard or saw regarding the political take on this, the truth is division among race showed it's ugly truth and people took sides based on it. I saw a protest one day during this on U.S HWY 1 in Cutler Ridge ( now called Cutler Bay). So I decided to walk it a bit and ask questions. There white and black people protesting together to send the kid back. Thing is they were waving American and Confederate flags.
Standing next to a white guy with a Confederate flag was a black guy, I asked him "why are you protesting in favor with Confederate flags waving around?" He replied "that is another issue for another day but today I am tired of these Cubans taking jobs away from black people". Of course the white people were protesting along the same racial lines.
On the other side Cubans were flying Cuban flags (and some American flags) to protest in favor of letting the kid stay. My company who's management were Cuban even closed the store for a day so people could protest which they never would have done for any other cause.
The kid was a pawn by everybody, when you interact everyday with people everybody gets along fine, but make no mistake hate festers in too many people and too many people take sides on race when certain things arise.
That is the ugly truth.
And now the border is in chaos with people coming over from all over the world who have nothing in common with each other and at any given time dislike each other.
Sure do. But usually Cuban immigrants are against fascist dictators so they vote Republican. Cubans are not the kind of immigrants they want.
True, and that is why they want to send certain white asylum seekers back, while keeping a bunch of 3rd illegal aliens hoping they can make them voting citizens some day and have one party rule.
The also do not want the whites in South Africa for the same reason, despite their lives actually being in danger by the government.
His father wanted him back. Sending him back was the right thing to do.
I lived in south Florida during that time.
Agreed.
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