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Originally Posted by Challenger
I would apply a merciful standard of basic humanity to those who were worthy of refugee status-With preference to unacompanied children.
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What you describe was the basis for the law signed by President Bush in 2008, and only applied to those countries who are now flooding our border. Thus, the merciful standard you advocate was done and was put in place in 2008. It required that we insure these kids were in fact not victims.
There was no rush to the border by those countries in 2008, 2009, 2010 or 2011.
Then in 2012 we began to grant amnesty and the floodgates opened. People in those country's pay attention. The promise of amnesty wrapped in that 2008 law started the influx.
You must look at this current situation through that prism to really understand.