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kardonb

(777 posts)

6. migrant children

Reply to Louisiana1976 (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 13, 2014, 08:35 PM

Jun 2014

please blame the parents of these kids for sending them unaccompanied over dangerous terrain and in very high temperatures . THAT is totally unconscionable !

We could not predict this human catastrophe or its size . We are doing all that is possicle under the given circumstances . You cannot expect them to be put up in first class hotels . They have a roof over their heads , food and water , and that is all that can be expected .

Its easy to criticize and complain . It is very hard to cope with an illegal onslaught like this .

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Over 47,000 Unaccompanied Children Detained in Shocking Conditions..Warehouses/Plastic Containers.. [View all] KoKo Jun 2014 OP

K&R for exposure. The plight of these migrant children is heart-wrenching. Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #1

migrant children kardonb Jun 2014 #6

Thanks for the right-wing propoganda - TBF Jun 2014 #8

KEPT in a 3-4 decision alp227 Jun 2014 #16

Sadly not surprising. :( nt TBF Jun 2014 #18

Also alerted on another post here by perdita, got an 0-7 vote, alp227 Jun 2014 #20

what utter bullshit...they are children noiretextatique Jun 2014 #29

Right wing "amnesty propaganda" at work jberryhill Jun 2014 #2

Yes, since none of them are eligible for DREAM ACT treatment treestar Jun 2014 #14

Oh my God! ananda Jun 2014 #3

I agree..nothing else to say Stuart G Jun 2014 #4

We have our own poor to take care of perdita9 Jun 2014 #5

But you're right. Something is up with this many all of a sudden showing up 7962 Jun 2014 #7

What unions? TBF Jun 2014 #9

How do you figure?? MORE workers competing for the same jobs means LESS pay. 7962 Jun 2014 #10

My view is that US labor needs to band TBF Jun 2014 #19

+1 nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #22

Sadly our culture is much different here than Europe TBF Jun 2014 #26

geez...is this Discussionist? noiretextatique Jun 2014 #30

Well I support open borders but not immigration reform zeemike Jun 2014 #11

"thousands of parents shipping their offspring here and expecting America to raise them" alp227 Jun 2014 #17

sickening noiretextatique Jun 2014 #31

Amazing how many democrats are unsympathetic to the plight of these children. Vattel Jun 2014 #12

How do they get across the border? treestar Jun 2014 #13

A good deal of the border around the Southwest is basically wilderness. Difficult to patrol. nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #23

I saw a movie once treestar Jun 2014 #27

Just think Spouting Horn Jun 2014 #15

A refugee crisis. Do we know if this is the description that is most correct? What is the crisis jwirr Jun 2014 #21

How, exactly, did 47,000 kids get here in the first place? Demo_Chris Jun 2014 #24

How do these kids get here? They couldn't have walked from South America. Kablooie Jun 2014 #25

Probably they are getting here ohheckyeah Jun 2014 #28