Oh Lordy I remember this from the surge of unaccompanied minors in the Obama administration. Am I the only one that remembers at the time there is a distinction of who got released-those being from Canada and Mexico, vs the rest of Central and South America?
Other things discussed at the time were lack of immigration lawyers, crowded courts, due process taking time, and children not given legal representation.
More recently Trump touched on crowded courts and wanting assign more lawyers to prosecute.
There needs to be recognition by Democrats and the country at large that the abuses the Trump administration have carried out build on a long legacy that’s just now being noticed by folks who weren’t eager to seek it out.
This is an example of Trump’s diabolical genius - I hate to use that word in connection to Trump in any context but the guy is an evil Svengali - of forming the narrative on the spot. He never misses a beat in twisting reality to his sick advantage.
More of his gaslighting. He certainly never cared about what happens to unaccompanied minors from Central America. But it distracts those of us who do care from mentioning his new policy is pointed at ACCOMPANIED minors, including asylum seekers who did not come here illegally.
“There’s no law mandating that parents must be separated from their children. But if an administration opts to impose harsh criminal charges against an adult for crossing the border illegally, their children would be separated from them as a result.”
Translation: “If we want to be unconscionably cruel to immigrant families, we’ve found a contrived legal excuse for doing so, and one that allows us to blame our immorality on the opposition party.”
So when Obama deports people it’s bad but when trump does it it’s MAGA!!!
Welp that is true vapor lock reasoning right there.
The good old switcheroo.
Why don’t we just have a generic headline template for all stories, “TRUMP TWISTS FACTS ABOUT ____________”