Thread by @thamilton714

1. If by, “. . . he (trump) is already enforcing those methods . . .” you mean that trump is enforcing strict obedience to his authority at the expense of personal freedom with no accountability to our constitution or the laws of our country then you are talking about an

2. authoritarian type of government. This is not the government that I’ve lived in for 65 years. This is the kind of govt that Russia and NK, for example, have.
1. I am for safe borders. The wall is not the answer. We live in 21st century. Figure out something better.

3. 2. I’m not for illegal immigration. I am for immigration, as we’ve had in the past, that includes those seeking asylum. I am for granting asylum to those who are victims of gangs and domestic violence (which Sessions said US would no longer recognize).

4. I am not for separating children from their rightful family members unless extenuating circumstances. I am for helping countries to right the wrong in their countries so their citizens don’t have to live in fear or seek asylum outside their home country.

5. I am not for setting up people to fail by changing the rules in the middle. I am not for people who fear POC or people of different religion. 3. I feel that ICE was given a task that they weren’t prepared for. I feel ICE needs to be revamped

6. (at least the part dealing with immigrants). I feel the immigration problem that trump created took ICE agents away from the smuggling of drugs to the trump created problem of immigration. 4. Yes, I do feel that trump used his position and

7. his use of executive order to kidnap immigrant children away from parents. I feel trump had no intention of reuniting parents and their children. He was using this as a platform to send the message that if you come to the US, when you get here it will be worse than anything

8. you could’ve encountered in your country-you’ll face losing your children as opposed to violence & death in your country. I also feel that parents were deported without knowing what they were giving up. I feel we must find the parents, bring them back, unite families, provide

9. information & counsel & let them go through the legal process again with lawyers! I feel charges of Crimes against Humanity will be brought about against the trump admin who are involved in this atrocity.
This isn’t simply “enforcing the law,” this is knowing that

10. immigrants can seek asylum. Seeking asylum is legal. Then a judge determines whether the reason for seeking asylum is just or not.

President Jimmy Carter, "We should be the champion of human rights”

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