What makes you think those 500 kids came with their parents?
The entire child crusade was caused by the Obama administration unilaterally changing asylum law to allow claims that are unrelated to a claimant's home nation state actions. Until then, being from a poor crime ridden country was not a valid ground for an asylum claim in any country. During the Obama administration, an immigration judge ruled that such a claim was valid, the Obama DOJ let the ruling stand (the DOJ can overrule immigration judges).
As soon as this policy was recognized and promoted by NGOs, the flood gates opened, women and children first instead of working adults first.
Also, until then absent congress made law for special cases, one could not travel through n-number of countries until eventually reaching the one you want to claim asylum in.
Asylum is a remedy for people in danger because of state actions or state actors -- it must be made in the first reached neutral country, not four countries over because that country has better benefits.
> What makes you think those 500 kids came with their parents?
That’s what the family separation controversy is about - minors who arrived along with their parents but were then separated from them. Unaccompanied minors are a separate issue.
May I ask how you know that the children came in with their parents in every single case? After all, if we knew that they came with their parents, it would imply we have some documentation that points to who their parents are, and could potentially contact them.
I admit, I haven't extensively researched this, but would like to collect more info and keep an open mind.
Agreed, documentation was in some cases improperly maintained and/or became stale once they started contacting the people. As a parent, I can empathize and it is truly heartbreaking. I hope Biden can do something positive here.
But at the same time, I think the larger issue is a bit more nuanced, than simply assuming people are all monsters.
>Some of the families who have been identified have decided their children would be safer in the United States than in their home countries, and elected for the children to stay with friends or family members who agreed to sponsor them.
>And because the computer system used by border authorities for processing incoming migrants had not been updated to accommodate family separations, the agents often inadvertently deleted identification numbers that could have been used to keep track when parents and children were sent to different places.
>In some cases, members of the steering committee have had access to only names and countries of origin while trying to locate separated parents. Even after conducting public record searches to identify the cities where the families were from, they faced additional hurdles. Many of the families had fled their homes to escape violence or extortion, intentionally withholding information from friends and neighbors about where they were going.
The entire child crusade was caused by the Obama administration unilaterally changing asylum law to allow claims that are unrelated to a claimant's home nation state actions. Until then, being from a poor crime ridden country was not a valid ground for an asylum claim in any country. During the Obama administration, an immigration judge ruled that such a claim was valid, the Obama DOJ let the ruling stand (the DOJ can overrule immigration judges).
As soon as this policy was recognized and promoted by NGOs, the flood gates opened, women and children first instead of working adults first.
Also, until then absent congress made law for special cases, one could not travel through n-number of countries until eventually reaching the one you want to claim asylum in.
Asylum is a remedy for people in danger because of state actions or state actors -- it must be made in the first reached neutral country, not four countries over because that country has better benefits.
Trump's DOJ put things back to normal.