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It is now socially acceptable to hate Jews.

The Social Activist who harassed Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at a Mexican Restaurant on Tuesday has been outted as a Department of Justice Employee.

Baldwin Admits Double Standard On Family Separation Issue

Baldwin’s inability to cite a time when she opposed the Obama-era family separations at the border drew criticism from her Republican opponents.

In a statement Wednesday, Delafield businessman Kevin Nicholson said Baldwin only cares about issues when she can use them for partisan political advantage.

When families are arrested and separated after attempting to enter the United States illegally, 54% of Likely U.S. Voters say the parents are more to blame for breaking the law.

“We’re suspending prosecutions of adults who are members of family units until ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) can accelerate resource capability to allow us to maintain custody,” the official said.

This story has been updated to clarify how migrant parents will be processed going forward. An earlier version incorrectly stated the Trump administration was suspending prosecutions for parents of migrant children.

I guess someone took Trump's Zero Tolerance Policy and spanked him with it.

Wrong.

The U.S. Border Patrol will no longer refer migrant parents who cross into the United States illegally with children to federal courthouses to face criminal charges, a senior U.S. Customs and Border Protection official told The Washington Post on Thursday.

The about-face comes just one day after President Trump signed an executive order ending his administration’s widely denounced practice of separating parents and children apprehended for illegally crossing the Mexico border. Trump’s order said the government would maintain a “zero tolerance” policy toward those who break the law, but the senior U.S. official, asked to explain how the government would change enforcement practices, said Border Patrol agents were instructed Wednesday evening to stop sending parents with children to federal courthouses for prosecution.

A Justice Department spokesperson denied changes to the zero tolerance policy and said prosecutions would continue.

But the decision to refer migrants for criminal charges after crossing illegally rests with the U.S. Border Patrol, and the senior CBP official said the agency will no longer send parents who arrive with children to federal courts.

“We’re suspending prosecutions of adults who are members of family units until ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) can accelerate resource capability to allow us to maintain custody,” the official said.

The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to explain how enforcement operations will change to comply with Trump’s order.

[Trump signs order ending his policy of separating families at the border, but reprieve may be temporary]

A spokeswoman for the Justice Department, Sarah Isgur Flores, said “zero tolerance” remained in effect.

“There has been no change to the Department’s zero tolerance policy to prosecute adults who cross our border illegally instead of claiming asylum at any port of entry at the border,” she said.

Because ICE lacks the detention capacity to increase the number of families it holds in detention, the official acknowledged that many migrant parents and children will likely be released from custody while they await court hearings.

Top CBP officials did not know what the executive order would ask them to do until its release Wednesday, the official said. The decision to cease prosecutions of parents with children was made by the Department of Homeland Security for logistical purposes because the official said it would not be “feasible” to bring children to federal courtrooms while their parents go before a judge.

Adults who cross illegally will continue to face misdemeanor charges under the zero tolerance policy implemented six weeks ago, the official said.

Most adults who enter illegally through the busiest span of the border — the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas — are sentenced to time served. But the official said the criminal prosecution of adults would ensure that lawbreakers face consequences.

“When a consequence is applied, it makes a difference on recidivism and illegal activity at the border,” the official said.

In recent weeks the number of migrants arrested along the Mexico border has declined slightly, according to the latest enforcement data. “It’s nothing we could call a trend,” the official said.

CBP officials will monitor migration patterns at the border to see if the policy change leads to an increase in illegal crossings by family groups, the official said. “We’re going to watch closely and do what we need to do.”

I guess someone took Trump's Zero Tolerance Policy and spanked him with it.

Italy's anti-immigration leader turns away ANOTHER migrant boat as he ATTACKS NGOs

Hard to win elections when onky 39 percent like what you do.

House rejects conservative immigration bill with no citizenship pathway for Dreamer immigrants

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the immigration controversy (all times local):
2:15 p.m.

House Republican leaders abruptly postponed voting on a compromise immigration measure amid ongoing infighting between conservative and moderates.

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's office confirmed the decision. Voting that had been expected Thursday now would be held Friday instead. That's according to aides who demanded anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the situation publicly.

House Republicans have been struggling on rival immigration bills. A more conservative measure was rejected Thursday. The compromise was negotiated between GOP conservative and moderate factions.

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The Republican-run House has rejected a conservative immigration bill that offered no path to citizenship for young "Dreamer" immigrants. It also would have made it harder for immigrant citizens to bring relatives to the U.S. and taken steps to crack down on illegal immigration.

The measure's defeat was long expected. Many GOP moderates considered it too harsh and Democrats were solidly against it.

Thursday's vote gave hard-right Republicans, who largely come from deep-red districts, a chance to broadcast to voters the tough steps they would take on the issue. The measure was defeated 231-193.

The House next plans to debate a GOP-measure crafted by Republican leaders as a compromise between party moderates and conservatives.

That bill also seems likely to be defeated because some conservatives consider it too lenient.

This is a breaking news story; please check back for additional updates. The AP's earlier story is below: