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You are taking things out of context here.
Crossing the border illegally is a misdemeanor - a very small, petty offense. What we are dong right now is arresting peope for what is a misdemeanor and locking up in jail "until further notice". Think about this for a moment. Let's say you jump in your car to get go some ice cream but you left your wallet at home and you get pulled over. Not having your DL with you while driving is a misdemeanor traffic offense, and before you know you it you are suddenly in jail in a cell designed to hold twenty-five people but now it's got one hundred and fifty-one people in it, there is one crapper, you don't get a toothbrush, and you get to sit in this cell until the court is able to hear your case - which might be months or up to a year. And if you children are with you, they can either go to jail with you or they can take them from you and you might not EVER see them again.
This is what's happening to people coming across the border. They come across the border, delcare aslyum, and we legally are required to hear their plea. Which means we through them in jail "until further notice" and then they sit in jail in the above listed condiations. And they might never see their kids again.
This is a crime against humanity.
Why not make this a civil offense, hand them a ticket, send them on their way, and tell them to come back to court on a specific date. Make it so that if they do not show up it is a felony, and then they go to jail just like any other American citizen... And then they get deported.
The problem here is under the tRump administration we are locking them in horrible conditions, denying them their rights, and punishing them without sentencing. The tRump administration is causing this. We need to go back to the way the immigration system has always been.
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