Despite the protests by the President to the contrary, the current Chief of Staff, Attorney General and senior WH advisors are already on the record stating that this is all part of a deliberate effort to discourage illegal immigration!
What has been left unsaid, but clearly implied, is that the President now intends to make funding for the Wall as the price he intends to extract from the Republican majorities in Congress, to make this political liability disappear before the 2018 Interims!
It all depends on how the government decides to deal with adults caught entering the country illegally - by changing then with a criminal offence, they're separated from their children and placed in an adult prison awaiting their day in court!
Given the number of different government agencies involved and the inclusion of babies/toddlers , there is a definite risk that some parents will be sent back to their country of origin while their children remain in a legal "no man's land" in the US!
| 25. As you may know, some families seeking asylum from their home country cross the U.S. border illegally and then request asylum. In an attempt to discourage this, the Trump administration has been prosecuting the parents immediately, which means separating parents from their children. Do you support or oppose this policy? |
In New Zealand for a little while longer.
The fake news MSM here has its left-leaning sob stories as high up as it can justify, but I get information from multiple sources.
