Recent news articles + a look back to understand why children are detained at the border

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Georgia’s Democrat Candidate for Governor Burned the Flag

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San Francisco Now Allowing Illegal Aliens to Vote

Judicial Watch: 100 ISIS Terrorists Caught In Guatemala As Central American Caravan Heads To U.S.

Documents: Robert Mueller Accused Of Framing Georgia Man On Gun Charge

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To mend Israel-Diaspora gulf, Reform Jewry intends to double down on Israel

Obama, Nevada Democrats Silent After Ex-Wife Said Gubernatorial Candidate Bruised Her During Divorce

 

SETTING OUR MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE

An Inconvenient Truth

 This week I’d like to focus on how a little truth can go a long way to clarify a contentious issue. The left has continued to attack President Trump for his “cruel and inhumane treatment of children who have been separated from their parents” (after entering our country illegally). Here’s a little history lesson I came across lately that adds some clarity to the issue.

“In March of 1993, The United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in Reno v Flores. (Yes, “That” Reno. Janet Reno, Bill Clinton’s first Attorney General who ordered that young Elian Gonzalez be torn from his family’s arms while hiding in a Miami closet. Remember this iconic photograph?

The Court in Flores decided that minors could not be incarcerated with the adults accompanying them across the United States border illegally. The decision was the result of a long dispute in how to best care for these children while the adults were detained for criminal proceedings.

You see, when aliens cross the border illegally, they are incarcerated until their criminal case is decided. The understandable argument at the time was “why should children be incarcerated while their parents are in jail?” It seemed a fundamental violation of international human rights. Makes sense, right?

As a result, The Flores case drew a line in the sand. Children could not be incarcerated with their parents or accompanying adult while being held for illegal immigration violations. And a subsequent 1997 agreement stipulated that children must be placed in a safer environment where they could enjoy certain privileges, including education, a clean, safe environment and other normal life cycle amenities that incarcerated individuals do not enjoy.

It was considered a “victory” for human rights. By separating adult and child, we protected the children, reducing any harm done to them for their parent’s or accompanying adult’s decisions.
A lot has happened since then. However; bottom line, these juvenile, shelters have been operating in accordance with the law, and overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services to protect those children from the hazards of parental incarceration since 1997.

So, since Donald Trump was running his real estate empire, selling wine and casinos in 1993, we are left to determine just how he managed to orchestrate this cruel “separation of immigrant parent and child” 25 years BEFORE he was President of the United States. The obvious answer is, he didn’t. He had nothing to do with establishing this United States immigration policy. Today, he simply enforces it.

This one story illustrates how important it is for us to do our research regarding today’s headlines. The Corporate Media either refuse to do the research, are incapable of doing the research or have done the research and decided to lie to you about its findings. Either way, this would make the Corporate Media lazy, incompetent or just plain deceptive. Liars, if you will.”

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