Comments on: Trump administration announces new rule on housing families of illegal immigrants

By: Gothamite

Gothamite — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 11:38:31 +0000

RAB4: This could be a win-win approach, in that it defuses the “separation” weapon, and creates a large disincentive for the current practice of flooding the border with real or manufactured family units. A disincentive because it eliminates catch and release, and forces people to stay in custody while awaiting an asylum hearing. Unfortunately, it won’t succeed if the likes of the ACLU are able to get a court to shut down the policy. There’s also the issue of funding and resources. Current detention facilities were not designed to handle families. We don’t have enough of the proper type of facilities to handle the current population, and it will be an uphill battle to get funding approved to build more. So what happens to the people we can’t accommodate? Back to family separation?

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 04:10:13 +0000

I would applaud the administration for making available decent housing accomodations for families who break the law to cross our border, but this sounds like something better than most of our lower-economic-echelon citizens live in, and certainly better than any LEGAL immigrants can afford when they first arrive.
My own middle-class family and most of our friends didn’t have this many amenities in my youth, and my children (all employed and paying taxes) don’t live like this either.

Even the people most concerned about the homeless problems don’t usually advocate housing them this well.

https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/dhs-announces-new-rule-end-catch-and-release-asylum-seekers

He gave an example of the first such “Family Residential Center” in Berks County, Pa. where each family is housed separately in suites.

Furniture, bedding, towels, clothing and toiletries are provided. There’s a large community living room that has a big-screen television, cushioned couches and lounge chairs, gaming area, and separate library that contains books, other televisions sets, video games and board games.

The facility also has an entire wing dedicated to classroom learning, where minors at the facility go to school five days a week.

Another wing is a medical facility where minors and their parents receive necessary medical care, including all immunizations required for later admission to U.S. public schools. There are also phone banks to call relatives and consulates, attorneys or other representatives.

Three hot meal a day are provided and snacks are available throughout the day.

McAleenan also described the recreational activities available to foreigners — sports, exercise classes, arts and crafts classes, movie nights anad even seasonal holiday-themed activities. Outdoor recreation includes soccer fields, volleyball courts and playgrounds.

The residences have video conferencing set up for court hearings, and child care is provided, as are interpreting services.

Who wouldn’t want to come to America and live in a “concentration camp” here?

JFTR, I whole-heartedly support LEGAL immigrants and a RATIONAL immigration policy, but we are now living in the Twilight Zone of Topsy-Turvy Land.

By: SueK

SueK — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 03:36:43 +0000

I’m not sure why we’re not using fingerprinting at the border – for later identification of those who enter correctly, and to identify those who have probably been fingerprinted by legal authorities and deported prior to illegal re-entry. This is what I had in mind:

https://www.army.mil/article/4447/officer_hails_tremendous_success_of_iraqi_automated_id_system

I also think we should be fingerprinting the children for the same reason…since they’re being used and re-used for entry purposes.
Of course, I’m beginning to think we should also be using the purple ink on the finger thing for voting, but that would only work with on site voting, not vote by mail ballots. Or…horrors…we could go back to only allowing voting at the polls. Then the purple ink thing would work..! In combination with the fingerprint id thing, I think.

Whoever thought it would come to this.

By: RAB4

RAB4 — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 02:37:20 +0000

The only thing lacking is a quick DNA test.
President Trump keeps addressing their “concerns”–which the other side never seems to do–and painting then into a corner.
Meanwhile, detention may not be so palatable to illegal aliens. Winning.

By: parker

parker — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 00:45:58 +0000

That Trump is such a racist xenophobe.

By: ZZMike

ZZMike — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 00:20:17 +0000

Democrats complained loudly over the “separation”. So now the administration changes the rules to keep families together. So now Democrats complain loudly.

By: Mike K

Mike K — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 00:07:55 +0000

Hysteria ensues.

By: CaptDMO

CaptDMO — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 23:55:35 +0000

What is the current bounty on Illegal Aliens with bench warrants for failure to appear?