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House Investigations: Impeachment inquiry is officially on

Sigh. I’m going to regret wading into this, especially when I don’t have time today to really engage in a conversation, but two points.

1) much of the current situation at the border is a result of the current administration not following the law. Seeking asylum is legal and brings with it the right to due process to evaluate the claim. People have the right to claim asylum at port of entries. Right now, Border agents are turning people away and are only processing as few as 5 families/day with some POEs only processing 1 family every few days. This creates dangerous and desperate situations at the border, encouraging people to find other means to enter the United States besides the port of entry. Regardless, under US immigration law, one has the right to seek asylum legally regardless of how they entered the country. As long as someone presents themself to the authorities Within a reasonable amount of time to claim asylum, they are entitled to do process of evaluation of the claim. This is not to say that this situation is unique to the Trump administration, but many of its practices have exacerbated the problem.


2) One can uphold the law and not resort to the level of cruelty is imposed by this administration. The zero tolerance policy, detaining all who cross makes the border situation untenable. The administration discontinued the policy of having a caseworker follow up with those awaiting asylum hearings. The policy had a 98% success rate at having the individual show up to their asylum hearing. It also cost $35 per family per day. Not the $200 to $700 per day cost of detention.

The remain in Mexico policy keeps asylum-seekers in dangerous and desperate conditions, also effectively barring legal aid from helping them with their case.

The above doesn’t even touch on conditions of the detention and the violation of the Flores agreement that is happening currently.

It also doesn’t get into how our entire economy and government winks at illegal immigration when it’s not being used as a political football.

The false dichotomy between open borders and inhuman treatment of immigrants and asylum-seekers is just that, false. Most would argue for enforcing the law. The disagreement is over following the full law (meaning protections that are in place for those seeking asylum) and how it is enforced.

You are wasting your breath. Tintin is not smart enough to understand at least 1/3 of the multi-syllabic words you posted. Anything more sophisticated than "Send her back" is above his abilities.
 
Great post IAT, thanks for the substantive post.

TinTin and sailor and great examples of RWers getting their news in sound bytes and tweets from hacks like Gaetz and Hannity. There’s no desire to go deeper, just accept and move on.
 
Just impeach him over the hotel stuff. Easy peasy.

2nd headline on CNN right now sure seems like a nothingburger. Lotta propaganda on both sides.

The Air Force said the crew on March 13 consisted of seven active duty and National Guard crew members, adding that although they stayed at Turnberry en route to Kuwait, "it doesn't appear" they did so on the trip back to the US.
The Air Force said the Turnberry resort was less expensive than a nearby Marriott and that both were under the per diem rate of $166. The Air Force also said it schedules stopovers based on such factors as leg distance and contract fuel availability.
 
Dude they should have stayed literally anywhere else simply because this could be perceived as improper. Bonehead decision.
 
Sure, but after 4 years of headlining nonsense like this no wonder so many people are just tuning it all out
 
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