Gunnar wrote:I wholeheartedly agree with your entire response! As I said:
Nevertheless, none are more blatantly and unapologetically egregious than Trump and his cronies! They hardly even try to hide the fact!
I know you agree. My response was mostly out of exasperation for having heard this sentiment (they're all liars) so much this week.
It's kind of like pointing out all professional athletes are talented. Well sure, but that doesn't prevent people from debating who they think are the best. Talent, like deception, is a matter of degrees.
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.
subgenius wrote:you blatantly and unapologetically don't understand that "egregious" is an adjective.
Here is what the GOP is doing
According to the report, more than 50 percent of police officers surveyed said domestic violence, human trafficking as well as sexual assault cases "are now harder to investigate."..."In some cities, police have seen reductions in reporting of crimes in immigrant communities"
Immigration attorney Hassan Ahmad told us the Trump administration’s decision to take the new approach of criminally prosecuting parents for routine immigration violations and separate them from their children (especially in light of the fact that the government couldn’t track down hundreds of children already under their purview) opens the door to human trafficking: “This is the border. There are traffickers everywhere. It’s criminally reckless for the government to have this ill-conceived plan to separate kids from parents and then not know where these kids are. That’s fertile ground for traffickers, and that’s going to be on the hands of our government.”
Senator Heitkamp slammed both HHS and the new policy in a statement her office sent to us:
The more we learn about childhood trauma, the clearer it becomes that the negative consequences of trauma can reverberate for a lifetime. There’s nothing more traumatic for a child than being separated from their parents, so we have to approach this challenge in a compassionate and humanitarian way. There’s nothing compassionate about losing track of over 1,500 children – that’s negligence, and it’s an outrage. I will continue to push to hold HHS accountable for its failure to keep track of the children in its care, and ensure that proper procedures are in place to compassionately care for kids who are facing unimaginable stress and trauma.
HHS has failed to prove that they have the resources, processes, or frankly the desire to truly handle this situation. As I have said, they have proven to be the worst foster care system I’ve seen – and yet even more children are expected be forced into a clearly broken system. This is not how we should treat children, regardless of what country they come from. We have a moral and humanitarian duty to protect and care for these children properly while they are under federal supervision and in this country – regardless of circumstances.
Immigration attorney Katherine Yoo writes "the Department of Justice suspended a long-standing program run by the Vera Institute of Justice called the Legal Orientation Program (LOP), pending the completion of “efficiency reviews.” The program, which was implemented in 2003 by President George W. Bush, educates detainees about the judicial process and connects immigrants with nonprofits and pro bono legal providers that can help them access representation. It also serves as a trusted, non-law enforcement channel through which trafficking victims can report their experiences. Suspension of the LOP program removes a crucial mechanism by which trained professionals can screen for human trafficking"
Raul A. Reyes writes, "The Trump administration’s war on immigrants continues...The DOJ’s decision is troubling when we look at how it will affect those caught up in our immigration court system. They are not all undocumented immigrants; their ranks include asylum-seekers, victims of domestic abuse and trafficking"