@revelette1,
revelette1 wrote:
If Trump signs some kind of executive order to keep future families from being separated for the whole time their case is pending, that is a step in the right direction. But far short of fixing the problem. It is the zero tolerance policy of treated first time boarder crossers as criminals that is the number one problem. This will lead to a lot more (more than already) children being permanently separated from their families. Not to mention Sessions policy of asylum seekers who are denied asylum despite coming from gang violence akin to war zones being permanently separated from their families. Last, what about the families who have already been deported during this zero tolerance law? The executive order will not help that in the least.
You appear to be forgetting that the zero tolerance bit above refers to the enforcement of existing law. Trump has repeatedly called on the Congress to address the, now several decades long, failure to either enforce or amend our immigration law. This unsatisfactory and continuing situation constitutes an enduring and fundamental threat to our system of law and government, which every president swears to protect.
Trump has forcefully addressed exactly that issue, and called on the Congress to finally address revised legislation. The Republican leadership in the Congress has produced several draft laws to do just that, though their fate remains uncertain. Democrat Senate leaders have already announced they will oppose any new legislation. This clearly confirms the cynicism of their pretended concern for immigrant children, and their effort to simply exploit any action by our elected President to enforce and amend existing law - in accordance with his constitutional duty - to further their partisan political aims.
Venal politicians, including our last three Presidents and the members and leaders of the Congress over that period have avoided their responsibilities in this area because of the perceived political risks involved. Obama continued that pattern and created such issues as DACA by arbitrary executive action ("I have a Pen and a phone...") which was a patently unconstitutional usurpation of Legislative authority and responsibility, furthering the ability of responsible legislators to evade issues that are merely difficult for them to face. This is not leadership.
In a rare responsible executive action, the sainted Obama himself resumed the separate internment of minor children precisely to discourage immigrants and asylum seekers from illegal entry. Oddly none of you complained about that.
