Trump says immigrants 'unhappy' with detention centers should stay home

by Makini Brice

 

A drawing by children recently released from CBP depicting their time spent in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody, to the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, Texas, are shown in this image released by American Academy of Pediatrics in Itasca, Illinois, U.S., on July 3, 2019. Courtesy American Academy of Pediatrics/Handout via REUTERS

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump, facing renewed criticism from Democrats and activists over his handling of a migrant crisis on the U.S.- Mexico border, said in a Twitter post on Wednesday that immigrants unhappy with conditions at detention centers should be told “not to come.”

 

Democratic lawmakers and civil rights activists who have visited migrant detention centers along the border in recent days have described nightmarish conditions marked by overcrowding and inadequate access to food, water and other basic needs.

 

The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general on Tuesday published photos of migrant-holding centers in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley crammed with twice as many people as they were meant to hold.

 

“If Illegal Immigrants are unhappy with the conditions in the quickly built or refitted detentions centers, just tell them not to come. All problems solved!” Trump said on Twitter.

 

The Republican president has made cracking down on illegal immigration a key part of his first-term agenda after campaigning on the issue ahead of the 2016 election.

 

“Our Border Patrol people are not hospital workers, doctors or nurses,” Trump wrote earlier on Twitter. “Great job by Border Patrol, above and beyond. Many of these illegals (sic) aliens are living far better now than where they ... came from, and in far safer conditions.”

 

Criticism of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency grew after reports this week that current and former agents had posted offensive anti-immigrant comments and targeted lawmakers on their private Facebook group.

 

Acting Department of Homeland Security chief Kevin McAleenan on Wednesday ordered an investigation into the posts, calling the comments “disturbing.”

 

The Facebook posts, first reported by ProPublica, included jokes about immigrants dying and sexually explicit content about U.S. Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who criticized the detention facilities after a tour this week.

 

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for the acting head of the CBP and other top leaders at the agency to be fired.

 

Democratic U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro said after a visit to the border this week that detainees had been not been allowed to bathe for two weeks, were deprived of medication and locked in areas with broken water faucets.

 

“It’s clear that their human rights were being neglected,” the Texas lawmaker told reporters in a conference call.

 

COURT BATTLES

 

The White House on Wednesday sharply criticized a ruling by a federal judge in Seattle who blocked its attempt to keep thousands of asylum seekers in custody while they pursued their cases.

 

“The decision only incentivizes smugglers and traffickers, which will lead to the further overwhelming of our immigration system by illegal aliens,” White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement.

 

The American Civil Liberties Union and immigrant rights groups sued the government in April after Attorney General William Barr concluded that asylum seekers who entered the country illegally were not eligible for bond.

 

Congress has blocked Trump’s efforts to fund construction of a wall on the southern border, and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco refused on Wednesday to lift an injunction barring the administration from using $2.5 billion intended to fight narcotics trafficking to build the barrier.

 

But the record surge of mostly Central American families, fleeing crime and poverty at home, has begun to ease after tougher enforcement efforts in Mexico, according to officials from both countries.

 

Mexico’s government, citing unpublished U.S. data, said border arrests fell 30% in June from May after a crackdown as part of a deal with the United States to avoid trade tariffs.

 

The Mexican government said it was busing home Central American migrants from Ciudad Juarez who had been forced to wait in Mexico for their asylum claims to be processed under a U.S. policy known as “Remain in Mexico.”

 

BIGGEST POLITICAL ISSUE

 

Since migrant arrests reached a 13-year monthly high in May, immigration has arguably become the biggest issue for Trump and Democratic presidential contenders vying for the right to face him in the November 2020 election.

 

“Mexico is doing a far better job than the Democrats on the Border. Thank you Mexico!” Trump said Wednesday on Twitter.

 

U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker spent much of the day on the Mexican side of the border in Ciudad Juarez, meeting with migrants who had been sent back to Mexico to await their asylum hearings under a new Trump administration policy.

 

Booker escorted five women believed to be fleeing domestic abuse across the bridge over the Rio Grande and to the border port of entry in El Paso, Texas, according to a Facebook video he posted. Booker said they had been unfairly returned back when they should have been accepted by U.S. authorities.

 

“I’m going to fight for these five folks and do everything I can to see that they be fairly evaluated,” Booker told reporters.

 

Democratic presidential hopeful Julian Castro, Joaquin Castro’s brother, last week proposed decriminalizing border crossings as a step toward freeing up federal resources and eliminating thousands of immigration cases clogging criminal courts.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-07-04

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He's right, the U.S. Government is not running a resort chain on the southern border. Most of these migrant detention centers are providing better conditions than most homeless U.S. citizens can only dream about.  

Looks like Trump is using the Australian method of deterring immigrants. In Australia we put them in concentration camps with chance of going anywhere.

Stating the bloody obvious isn't he.

Good for him for having a big pair of balls and saying what he thinks! Illegals should be removed ASAP and not given any kind of luxury treatment, much to the chagrin of tree-hugging hippies, lefties and snowflakes. At least he is standing up for the country he represents. The UK is a haven for illegals.

 

If you don't like being arrested and detained, then don't bloody sneak over the border with the sole intention of stealing jobs from locals and earning as much money as you can without paying a cent in tax.

Edited July 4, 20197 yr by SteveK

the correct answer by a strong leader to illegal aliens.

 

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1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Trump says immigrants 'unhappy' with detention centers should stay home

by Makini Brice

 

No, Trump does not say "Immigrants". Trump literally states "Illegal Immigrants"

 

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

said in a Twitter post on Wednesday that immigrants unhappy with conditions at detention centers should be told “not to come.”

 

Again, no, Trump did not state "immigrants". He stated "illegal Immigrants". 

 

Deceptive headline that makes one wonder why they would conflate illegal immigrants with all immigrants. 

 

Its even in the article itself. Trumps actual words:

 

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

“If Illegal Immigrants are unhappy with the conditions in the quickly built or refitted detentions centers, just tell them not to come. All problems solved!”

 

Facts and context matters. 

 

And its 100% true. Of youre not happy with it you're conditions, don't come. The hundreds of billions of dollars they are costing the US taxpayer should be going to the actual Americans living in poverty and dying on the streets. 

Now do the same in Europe!

 

Learn from Australia and the US or Europe is done.

 

Some countries (UK, France, Sweden) are likely behind the inflection point already.

27 minutes ago, HeyHeyHey said:

Now do the same in Europe!

 

Learn from Australia and the US or Europe is done.

 

Some countries (UK, France, Sweden) are likely behind the inflection point already.

I was literally browsing the Australian immigration options seconds ago (188's). Looks like decent rules, states can select what they need/want and then there's a point system to get the best ones. Makes full sense. They do have the advantage of having no land borders though.

 

A far cry of half of South America knocking on the front door trying to get in because .. well just because.

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Booker escorted five women believed to be fleeing domestic abuse across the bridge over the Rio Grande and to the border port of entry in El Paso, Texas, according to a Facebook video he posted. Booker said they had been unfairly returned back when they should have been accepted by U.S. authorities.

 

“I’m going to fight for these five folks and do everything I can to see that they be fairly evaluated,” Booker told reporters.

 

Hes going to fight for these five "folks" and do "everything he can" for people that arent even citizens when we've got millions in poverty, vets blowing their own heads off, people dying on the streets with needles sticking out of their arms, streets lied with tents and citizens openly crapping in the street like its Mumbai, and our own women and children that are victims of domestic abuse that could REALLY use some help. 

 

How far the left has fallen is unbelievable and infuriating. 

Sad group on this thread sorry I’m not into abusing unfortunat people caging kids squandering 750$ a head per night one guy on this thread stayed the homeless would dream of living in thease conditions wow rather trolling or delusional just pathec

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Booker escorted five women believed to be fleeing domestic abuse across the bridge over the Rio Grande and to the border port of entry in El Paso, Texas

Now domestic abuse is a good enough excuse to be granted asylum. Anybody want to guess how many women in the world could claim that, true or not?

 

How long after they are given residence before they apply to have the husband join them under Family Reunification provisions?

So thailand has got it's immigration policies spot on then ?

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All I can say is "profound"- I wonder who wrote that - Ivana Marie Trump

1 hour ago, Thainesss said:

 

Hes going to fight for these five "folks" and do "everything he can" for people that arent even citizens when we've got millions in poverty, vets blowing their own heads off, people dying on the streets with needles sticking out of their arms, streets lied with tents and citizens openly crapping in the street like its Mumbai, and our own women and children that are victims of domestic abuse that could REALLY use some help. 

 

How far the left has fallen is unbelievable and infuriating. 

Trump is the left

6 minutes ago, dirtybirty said:

So thailand has got it's immigration policies spot on then ?

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If the UK had been as strict on immigration as Thailand it would not be having half of the problems it is now. The same goes for Sweden, France and large parts of other Western European countries.

 

It's funny how many UK ex pats support mass immigration into Britain but wild horse couldn't drag them back there. 

 

Unfortunately a lot of them are going to have to go back there soon whether they like it or not.

Inflammatory post removed.

 

Edit:   A troll post has also been removed.  

 

I think the attached cartoon pretty much sums up Trump's attitude towards the OP's issue:

 

 

Edited July 5, 20197 yr by helpisgood
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12 hours ago, Thainesss said:

Of youre not happy with it you're conditions, don't come.

 

If you're a 7 year old girl in a cage, how can you not come, or stay home?  You're already in the country.

12 hours ago, Chang_paarp said:

Looks like Trump is using the Australian method of deterring immigrants. In Australia we put them in concentration camps with chance of going anywhere.

Concentration camps? Please research.

14 minutes ago, Benmart said:

Concentration camps? Please research.

 

Yeah that's what we should be upset about. The name for it. 

wonder how the usa detention centers compare with the thailand detention centers for illegals?

26 minutes ago, attrayant said:

 

If you're a 7 year old girl in a cage, how can you not come, or stay home?  You're already in the country.

Correct, you are compelled to come by your parents who see you as a valuable bargaining chip, should you survive the journey.

 

Alternatively, they can abandon you at the border, ensuring your entry and hoping you remember their bank a/c number. Good investment strategy.

He is right ,dont like it ,go home . same as us here in Thailand .

13 hours ago, Chang_paarp said:

Looks like Trump is using the Australian method of deterring immigrants. In Australia we put them in concentration camps with chance of going anywhere.

It's a lie to describe detention centres as concentration camps, hysterical posturing and an insult to those who really were in them.

14 minutes ago, Ozman52 said:

Correct, you are compelled to come by your parents who see you as a valuable bargaining chip, should you survive the journey.

 

Alternatively, they can abandon you at the border, ensuring your entry and hoping you remember their bank a/c number. Good investment strategy.

 

Your post is a complete non-sequitur. Can you read my question again and try to address the questions raised?  How can you 'not come' if you're already in a place?

For many years the U.S. has conducted a program whereby 2 million Legal Immigrants are processed through a pathway to citizenship every 3 years. What are other countries doing in this same regard? Not much

15 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

He's right, the U.S. Government is not running a resort chain on the southern border. Most of these migrant detention centers are providing better conditions than most homeless U.S. citizens can only dream about.  

 

You speak with the authority of a person who has experienced it.

 

 

13 hours ago, Thainesss said:

 

Hes going to fight for these five "folks" and do "everything he can" for people that arent even citizens when we've got millions in poverty, vets blowing their own heads off, people dying on the streets with needles sticking out of their arms, streets lied with tents and citizens openly crapping in the street like its Mumbai, and our own women and children that are victims of domestic abuse that could REALLY use some help. 

 

How far the left has fallen is unbelievable and infuriating. 

I disagree with your statements. But the right isn't exactly solving any of the issues you stated, so don't blame the left.

23 minutes ago, JDGRUEN said:

In the U.S. we have close to 22 Million Illegal Aliens who came and overstayed or just walked across the border.  They are sucking the welfare systems dry. 

 

There are 7.7 Billion people in the world. At any given time if it were possible nearly half that number would opt to move to America. 

 

It is not even remotely possible for the U.S. to absorb a fraction of these numbers. We have about 330 million people living in the U.S. including the 22 million illegal aliens. No one - not one person has an universal right to just walk into the U.S. and take up residence.

Thus the Wall will be built - completed - tweaked armed with sensors and cameras. Illegal Border crossing numbers will drop drastically, asylum regulations will be changed to send people back to where they came from towait out their application. Overstay monitoring will come about and overstayers will be evicted.

Central American countries will face revolution unless they start providing opportunities for their citizens and cut opportunity robbing corruption.

 The American people have spoken loudly since before 2005... amnesty will never be allowed, illegal occupation will be curtailed and turned around.

The Leftist agitators will fail. 

 

America could absorb millions more. There are vast areas in many states in the west completely empty. Very sad looking at all the comments on here with absolutely no compassion for the less fortunate than you. Be careful how you denigrate other people as you may find yourself in your next lifetime in poverty and fleeing from violence like they are now. Pray tell what are they supposed to do with themselves and their families when they are hungry and terrified of being murdered? Most people on here this time around have been given a pretty easy life with opportunities etc in the west world. The Christian idea is to help those less fortunate than you and have some compassion.

"Are there no poor houses?" a quote from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Shame on you with no caring for the less fortunate. Shame on you.