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From al-Jazeera
#WhereAreTheChildren: Anger grows over US border policy
Anger is mounting in the United States at the government's policy of separating children from migrant and refugee parents who are caught crossing the US-Mexico border.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has taken a tough stance on what it deems to be unlawful crossings of the US-Mexico border and has vowed to prosecute the refugees and migrants who do so.
"If you cross the border unlawfully .. then we will prosecute you," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said earlier this month. "If you're smuggling a child, then we're going to prosecute you, and that child will be separated from you, probably, as required by law," he added. "If you don't want your child separated, then don't bring them across the border illegally. It's not our fault that somebody does that."
This "zero-tolerance" policy is a departure from the previous precedent that placed those detained in immigration proceedings while their asylum claims were examined or deportation proceedings finalised. Families were often kept together in shelters, or released to await their hearings.
COMMENT:-
Apparently "the law" has never changed from what it was before 2017 (or before 2013 [or before 2009 {or before 2005 <or before 2001 - or before 1997 ->}]) only the way that "the law" is being "administered".
By analogy, if "the law" requires incarceration, then the only difference between housing 20 people in a 10'x10' cell and housing 2 people in a 10'x10' cell is the way that "the law" is "administered".
#WhereAreTheChildren: Anger grows over US border policy
Anger is mounting in the United States at the government's policy of separating children from migrant and refugee parents who are caught crossing the US-Mexico border.
The administration of US President Donald Trump has taken a tough stance on what it deems to be unlawful crossings of the US-Mexico border and has vowed to prosecute the refugees and migrants who do so.
"If you cross the border unlawfully .. then we will prosecute you," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said earlier this month. "If you're smuggling a child, then we're going to prosecute you, and that child will be separated from you, probably, as required by law," he added. "If you don't want your child separated, then don't bring them across the border illegally. It's not our fault that somebody does that."
This "zero-tolerance" policy is a departure from the previous precedent that placed those detained in immigration proceedings while their asylum claims were examined or deportation proceedings finalised. Families were often kept together in shelters, or released to await their hearings.
COMMENT:-
Apparently "the law" has never changed from what it was before 2017 (or before 2013 [or before 2009 {or before 2005 <or before 2001 - or before 1997 ->}]) only the way that "the law" is being "administered".
By analogy, if "the law" requires incarceration, then the only difference between housing 20 people in a 10'x10' cell and housing 2 people in a 10'x10' cell is the way that "the law" is "administered".