Laura Bush: Separating children from their parents at the border ‘breaks my heart’

[skeeter]

Come on man. Pubs have no heart.

Anyone who'd push granny off a cliff wouldn't have any problem ripping children from their mother's breast.

[dfwgator]

Hey Laura, did your heart break about this?



F'ing hypocrite!

[mystery-ak]

Mrs. Bush Rails Against 'Cruel' Border Separation Policy
Cortney O'Brien
6/18/2018 10:00:00 AM - Cortney O'Brien

The Trump administration's policy of separating illegal immigrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border doesn't sit well with some people, including former First Lady Laura Bush. In a new op-ed for The Washington Post, Mrs. Bush explained why the White House's zero tolerance policy is "cruel," "immoral," and "breaks her heart."

Mrs. Bush compared today's policy of separating families to our treatment of Japanese Americans during World War Two.

    Our government should not be in the business of warehousing children in converted box stores or making plans to place them in tent cities in the desert outside of El Paso. These images are eerily reminiscent of the Japanese American internment camps of World War II, now considered to have been one of the most shameful episodes in U.S. history. We also know that this treatment inflicts trauma; interned Japanese have been two times as likely to suffer cardiovascular disease or die prematurely than those who were not interned. (Washington Post)

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https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/06/18/mrs-bush-rails-against-cruel-border-separation-policy-n2491798/print

[Formerly Once-Ler]

You're right, you got us.  Children should be sent along with whoever tries to bring them in.  Of course, we don't know if they are coming in with parents or trafficers, but who cares?  It's all about how WE feel.

It's not a matter of getting you.  It's an observation few on this board recognize.  Probably don't want to recognize...easier to pretend the other side is rooting for traffickers. 

[thackney]

https://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/why-are-families-being-separated-at-the-border-an-explainer/

...Is this a new immigration enforcement policy?

Not completely. The George W. Bush administration implemented Operation Streamline in 2005, which also referred many people who violated these provisions for prosecution in federal courts, although the majority of prosecutions were for the felony charge of illegal re-entry and not for first-time offenders. The Obama administration continued and expanded the policy through 2014, but later shifted its enforcement priories towards targeting specific criminal populations.

The Obama administration also used family separation when they prosecuted immigration offenses as a deterrent against illegal border crossings after 2014 as more children and families fled violence in Central American countries. However, immigration advocates allege that the new zero-tolerance policy against immigration violations will cause more families to be separated than before, with some claiming to have witnessed an increase in family separations since June 2017....

[Silver Pines]

Mrs. Bush is correct.  These children must be without delay, reunited with their parents in their parent's home country.

@Sanguine

Exactly.

It would be nice if Laura's concern for the children extended to those in the womb.

[libertybele]

This issue resonates with Christians who have been supplanted by the alt-right in the GOP.  Every picture of a crying child on the border will cost GOP votes, because some Republicans still have human emotions.

Let's see here ... let the bleeding hearts attend a prayer vigil where innocent AMERICAN LEGAL CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have been either, raped, murdered, kidnapped, or maimed by an illegal alien and let's see how they feel afterwards.  Let's see their human emotions then.  We're talking toddlers, infants, children, mothers, fathers, brother, sisters from all walks of life; students, nurses, police officers, teachers, homemakers, etc.!

[Sanguine]

It's not a matter of getting you.  It's an observation few on this board recognize.  Probably don't want to recognize...easier to pretend the other side is rooting for traffickers.

"Getting me"?  Not sure what that means.

And, no, I don't think "the other side" is rooting for traffickers.  That's a silly accusation.  I think they are woefully ignorant though.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

Let's see here ... let the bleeding hearts attend a prayer vigil where innocent AMERICAN LEGAL CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, have been either, raped, murdered, kidnapped, or maimed by an illegal alien and let's see how they feel afterwards.  Let's see their human emotions then.  We're talking toddlers, infants, children, mothers, fathers, brother, sisters from all walks of life; students, nurses, police officers, teachers, homemakers, etc.!

You seem to believe every illegal is evil.  I do not.  I also don't think every border patriot is complicit in hate crimes against illegals.

[dfwgator]

You seem to believe every illegal is evil.  I do not.  I also don't think every border patriot is complicit in hate crimes against illegals.

Enough of them are, to justify having a policy that makes it much more difficult to enter, and to dissuade most from even trying.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

"Getting me"?  Not sure what that means.

I quoted you "You're right, you got us."

And, no, I don't think "the other side" is rooting for traffickers.  That's a silly accusation.  I think they are woefully ignorant though.

Again I quoted your silly accusation "Children should be sent along with whoever tries to bring them in.  Of course, we don't know if they are coming in with parents or trafficers, but who cares?"

I know I'm not writing ideas you want to hear or consider, but really?

[Formerly Once-Ler]

Enough of them are, to justify having a policy that makes it much more difficult to enter, and to dissuade most from even trying.

Trump thinks kidnapping children is a great deterrent.  We will see.

[Sanguine]

I quoted you "You're right, you got us."Again I quoted your silly accusation "Children should be sent along with whoever tries to bring them in.  Of course, we don't know if they are coming in with parents or trafficers, but who cares?"

I know I'm not writing ideas you want to hear or consider, but really?

LOL.  Whatever. 

[skeeter]

Trump thinks kidnapping children is a great deterrent.  We will see.

Comments like this do not do your credibility favors. In case you care.

[libertybele]

You seem to believe every illegal is evil.  I do not.  I also don't think every border patriot is complicit in hate crimes against illegals.

Please don't tell me what I believe.  EVERY and yes, I mean EVERY immigrant entering into this country ILLEGALLY IS indeed ILLEGAL.  I didn't say that they were all evil.  They are ILLEGAL.  They should be forbidden from entering this country period; children included.  That's why a border wall is needed. 

Those that are already here, if caught, should be deported.  NO perks.  NO benefits. NO jobs.  NO medical.  Deportation period.  I don't care how educated or uneducated they are; they are still illegal.  Deport them.

[driftdiver]

You seem to believe every illegal is evil.  I do not.  I also don't think every border patriot is complicit in hate crimes against illegals.

@Once-Ler
Is it a hate crime when Mexico arrests people who cross their southern border illegally?

[Bigun]

Comments like this do not do your credibility favors. In case you care.

What credibility?

He's had none for quite some time now IMHO.

[Bigun]

Please don't tell me what I believe.  EVERY and yes, I mean EVERY immigrant entering into this country ILLEGALLY IS indeed ILLEGAL.  I didn't say that they were all evil.  They are ILLEGAL.  They should be forbidden from entering this country period; children included.  That's why a border wall is needed. 

Those that are already here, if caught, should be deported.  NO perks.  NO benefits. NO jobs.  NO medical.  Deportation period.  I don't care how educated or uneducated they are; they are still illegal.  Deport them.

Exactly!   Well said!   

[TomSea]

It's just a ruse to build up the Democratic party, the Republicans know this. Now,they put out this heartfelt argument, Laura Bush, Pelosi, whomever....

As someone said, where is this compassion about the right to life?

It's a disingenuous argument and it is made to appeal to the emotions of the masses. They aren't fooled so much this time.

A nation without borders is not a nation I think Reagan said, enough people have come into the nation through our generosity, let alone poor court decisions as that one allowing anchor babies.

[WingNot]

What credibility?

He's had none for quite some time now IMHO.

I hate to pile on.  Well actually I do, but in this case I concur. Once left us some time ago.  I wish him well in his new skin.

[TomSea]

Trump thinks kidnapping children is a great deterrent.  We will see.

Oh brother.

What we are experiencing is more of an invasion.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

Please don't tell me what I believe.  EVERY and yes, I mean EVERY immigrant entering into this country ILLEGALLY IS indeed ILLEGAL.  I didn't say that they were all evil.  They are ILLEGAL.  They should be forbidden from entering this country period; children included.  That's why a border wall is needed. 

Those that are already here, if caught, should be deported.  NO perks.  NO benefits. NO jobs.  NO medical.  Deportation period.  I don't care how educated or uneducated they are; they are still illegal.  Deport them.

Crossing the border illegally is a misdemeanor.  We don't typically rip families apart for misdemeanors.

[Formerly Once-Ler]

Comments like this do not do your credibility favors. In case you care.

It's sweet of you to be concerned about my credibility @skeeter .

[INVAR]

Crossing the border illegally is a misdemeanor.  We don't typically rip families apart for misdemeanors.

In nearly every other country on earth, crossing a border illegally will earn you a long stint in jail and possibly charged with spying or some other subversive charge.

When to comes to people illegally entering the country - then YES, whatever deterrent we employ, I support.  INCLUDING separating children from parent until they can be reunited in their nation of origin after deportation.

[Emjay]

      Hey @Right_in_Virginia the other Mrs. Trump, Melainia, not you, agrees with Laura Bush.

@corbe   At least spell her name right.  Melania did not agree with Laura.  Her statement was for compassion but not open borders.  You either have border control or you don't.