Of course there is no law saying a law has to be prosecuted. I'm not even sure it's constitutional for the legislative branch to require that. Having said that, I have no problem prosecuting these people. They deserve to be prosecuted and prosecutions serve as a deterrent for others. No parent should put their child in harm's way like these parents put their children in harm's way. What anti-Trumpers have been doing is pretending like Trump is purposefully separating children from parents, and that's not the case. All his administration is doing is actually prosecuting people who broke the law. And because of that prosecution, the law requires that these children be removed from the parents while they await trial.
So he says, and I Trust Trump like I would trust the last huckster, years ago, who sold me a worthless $400 real estate course.
You appear to not be aware of realities concerning these undocs, who are parents merely trying to protect their children, who chose to journey over dangerous terrain for a long arduous month, which they percieved was a better choice that staying in their countries, as they are fleeing persecution, death, gang violence, etc, coming up from Hondoras, Gautemala, and El Salvador (all of which is well documented), and now being denied entry at ports of entry so that they can apply for asylum, being threatened with children being taken away, etc,.
You are wrong about Trump. As he did with DACA, he wanted to use children as pawns so he can get his wall, it's really all about the wall. Recently, he told his caucus he would only sign immigration legislation that would stop the separations, only if funding was provided for his wall.
However, ............
The news this morning is that Trump is going to issue an ED to stop this, noting that this counters the narrative he was promulgating that Dems had a law causing it, ( which is false ) and that he had to wait for Dems to fix it ( also false ) while it was Trump, all along, that brought the entire PR Flap on his own administration (so he could hold kids hostage for his wall, that's the bottom line here). Now He finally is caving to pressure from his own caucus, resulting from all the images, videos and sound recordings of kids crying for their mothers and fathers at the border.
yes, he's finally doing something about it, but it's not due to compassion, it's due to GOP fear of being creamed at the midterms pressuring him.
I believe legislation is forthcoming, nevertheless, as repub congresspersons and senators are pressuring him. There are a few republicans who are motivated for the right reason, who disagree with you that Zero Tolerance, given it's anathema treatment of children, is not in accordance with American core values, it's not who we are, as a nation, though you seem to think it is.
You really should be ashamed for holding this extreme right wing view, it's appalling as it is contemptable, and the majority, as you will soon see, disagree with you on this particular point. Issues of solving immigration etc, are a separate issue. The issue at hand here is what is best for these children, period.
