Goodfellow Detainees Will Be Unaccompanied Teens

There are some clarifying words that most always accompany the illegal moniker. Illegal aliens, illegal immigrants, mostly, that are true descriptions of what they are, people who have crossed our border in a manner not allowed by our law. Period. No demonization, no racial undertone, they simply did not get approval by ICE to enter at a authorized port of entry. None of this in new, I attended W Texas schools in the 60's and 70's that enrolled many children of "illegals", mostly ranch hands. What has changed is the volume of people and the increasing desperation of those in Mexico, and Central America, along with the increasing drug cartel extortion and violence. The solution? It's not a wall, at least not along the Rio Grande, just look at Google earth and follow it from Brownsville to El Paso. Along the valley, you must allow farmers and ranchers to access the river for irrigation and water for livestock. In the Big Bend canyons, do we really need a 15' wall on top of a 1500' vertical cliff?. A wall on the American shoreline of Falcon and Amistad reservoirs? Just ridiculous.
Common sense, apparently lacking in any governmental agency these days is going to be an integral part of any solution, and solutions will have to be measured in degrees. What can we do south of our borders that can reduce the need or desire for people to flee here? That answer will have to be in the forefront of any plan.
Another thing we all can do is not let liberal hysteria cloud our judgement. A crying, yet well fed, clothed, sheltered and medically cared for child does not a humanitarian crisis make. Yes, keeping families together is better than separation, and it appears that issue has and is being addressed. We need to allow people to come that pass criminal background checks and give them a process toward citizenship, one in which they "pay their dues", proving they can contribute to society yet reap none of the benefits afforded citizenship until they have met the standard. Yes, there are lots of details that the politicians will turn into an ugly mess, but something like this makes common sense to me.

It could be that I'm cranky because I'm quitting smoking, but maybe we should just pray about it again. That helped curb the cartel's stronghold's and made human trafficker's stop in their tracks.

We should engage their enemy's, or at least provide the resources and small amount's of support team's and combat trainer's at the very least. It's not an attractive idea, but the problem isn't going away all by itself, and it will continue to affect America as well until something happens.

Sometime's you have to whoop the fire`out of your bully to let him know that your done taking his crap, he might fight you back, but it won't come easy anymore and he know's the resistance isn't worth the possible gain's from that point on.

The evangelicals who support Trump are eerily silent now. Many of their pastors have claimed that the suffering children who were forcibly separated from their parent(s) were actors. And they wonder why so many people have no respect for our so called religious leaders. As Cajun Texan pointed all that is needed is to feed them and take care of their medical needs. Of course you shouldn't hug them or console them or possibly reunite them with their parents instead of using them as hostages.

Trump has already said that they can have their kids back if they agree to be deported. That is not what our country stands for. Read the inscription on the Statue of Liberty if you have any doubts: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!".

https://www.vox.com/2018/6/25/17484042/children-parents-separate-reunite-plan-trump

I don't care if these immigrants are Men, Women, Children they are ILLEGAL - PERIOD! They were not born in this country, they don't need to be here and we should not allow them in. They are a drain on medical, welfare, etc. Who's going to continue to pay for them? We can't even keep our native born American's fed properly - why bring in more? There is a legal process to become a citizen of the United States by applying for that citizenship. Also, many have "earned" their citizenship by serving in the US Military. This is the correct and honorable way to become a citizen of this great country. Noone from another country just "deserves" to be an American. If you believe that, then you have no idea what the expense and drain on our society is. Go to another country ANY country and ask to be a citizen, even MEXICO will tell you "hell no". If you think that is wrong, ask someone from another country how hard it is to become a citizen in their birth country. It's not a given! If you (anyone who cares) want illegals here, YOU take them IN, YOU pay for their health care, YOU pay for their food and clothing, YOU be responsible for them, how's that for a way to care for them? Are YOU willing to do that for days, weeks, months? Hello? Step up or SHUT UP!

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