Whelp. I think we need to start considering dusting off the chairs in Nurenburg. Yes, I’m a hyperbole kind of guy…but what is happening at our southern border as far as I’m concerned has reached the Crimes against Humanity threshold and frankly the entire HS and specifically CPB needs to answer to their crimes.
“Please note,” she added, “if anyone is killed while they are waiting for us to deny their valid asylum claims we will have to close their cases with extreme prejudice.”
Heard this on Morning Edition on the way in to work this morning. The NPR story said it was basically a coordinated announcement, us and the Mexican government. And the very first question I had was “I wonder how much we’re paying them to do this.”
And, wouldn’t you know it, the report went on to talk about Mexico’s proposal for what they’re describing as a Marshall Plan type of initiative to improve the economic conditions that underly so much of the migration … which would need some serious money behind it, if it’s going to actually have an impact.
Not exactly coincidentally, they then also mentioned the extremely low unemployment rate in many of the border areas of Mexico, where the maquiladores would be happy to suck up any spare labor they could.
So here’s how I expect this to play out. The Greatest Negotiator in the World is going to make a deal where the refugees are held in Mexico and given work permits while they wait for our (intentionally) broken process to grind along, and we send Mexico a Little Something to help cover the costs of hosting the applicants on their side of the border.
So, in essence, we will be using taxpayer dollars to subsidize Mexico to get more cheap labor for the factories that compete with U.S. manufacturing. Fricking brilliant.
My first thought, too, was how much money is Mr. Best Deal Maker promising Mexico to do this for them?
In more interesting women of power news, current winner on Jeopardy was bassist in all woman band The Runaways, and according to her Wiki page her sister and brother in law are somewhat famous too.
She majored in Linguistics and Italian, so I told my son that majored in Linguistics and Spanish to tune up his Ukulele and get busy!
How much are we paying Mexico to serve as a bed and breakfast?
Forgive my laziness, but who are maquiladores?
Not to mention our “president” and the so-called “leaders” who have propagated these inhumane and criminal policies. They all need to be brought to account. If not here, in the Hague.
“A factory in Mexico run by a foreign company and exporting its products to the country of that company.”
Thus ignoring and defying U.S and International law.
She is fucking soulless
Please pardon my slight butchery of Spanish. Maquiladora.
American Civil Liberties Union attorney Lee Gelernt said the plan was illegal. “This plan cannot be done lawfully and will result in countless people in life-threatening situations.”
As an immigration lawyer who handles many asylum claims, I agree this is as illegal as hell. Asylum claimants have a due process right to counsel paid for at their own expense. This “scheme” will make effective representation impossible. It’s plainly intended to create a kangaroo court system in Mexico to send everybody back.
DOJ and DHS got their asses handed to them yesterday in the Matter of A-B- decision, which attempted to restrict asylum rights, and I expect the same will happen here. It should.
Meanwhile, I think of Neilson as the Ilsa Koch of the Trump Administration.