The southern border
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wrote on 16 Mar 2021, 21:26 last edited by
What the actual hell is going on there?
"Unaccompanied minors?"
Held in
cagesstorage containerstents for weeks with no showers, beds?Where are the parents that let these kids go?
Who paid for the T-shirts?
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wrote on 16 Mar 2021, 21:53 last edited by
You did. Not yet, but soon.
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wrote on 16 Mar 2021, 22:00 last edited by
I'll have you know those storage containers have a window! Some of them with cute butterfly decals...
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wrote on 16 Mar 2021, 22:12 last edited by George K
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wrote on 17 Mar 2021, 00:16 last edited by
Sounds good to me...Of course, if anything was actually done, Biden would call out the National Guard...
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wrote on 17 Mar 2021, 14:17 last edited by
What are they trying to hide?
The Biden administration is restricting the information Border Patrol agents and sector chiefs can share with the media as a surge of migrants tests the agency's capacity at the southern border, according to four current and two former Customs and Border Protection officials.
The officials say the restrictions are seen as an unofficial "gag order" and are often referred to that way among colleagues. The officials requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media about the topic.
Border Patrol officials have been told to deny all media requests for "ride-alongs" with agents along the southern land border; local press officers are instructed to send all information queries, even from local media, to the press office in Washington for approval; and those responsible for cultivating data about the number of migrants in custody have been reminded not to share the information with anyone to prevent leaks, the officials said.
Multiple news organizations, including NBC News, have requested access to or photos from inside overcrowded border processing facilities holding unaccompanied migrant children; they have been denied.
The new restrictions have been passed down verbally, not through an official memo, the officials said. The unofficial policy has led some agents at the border to release videos that show mass arrests and surges of migrants without permission from Washington, two officials said.
Ah..."verbally." So, it's not "policy?"
I'd insert that picture of AOC "weeping," but I'm too lazy to copy/paste that, again.
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wrote on 17 Mar 2021, 14:30 last edited by
The new border issue is not going away. I say let it evolve naturally. It’s one of Biden’s first tests and he should be given time. He will be ultimately judged on what happens.