Tag Archives: Asylum

Trial and Error

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A One-Year-Old baby was tried in Immigration court.  A baby.  Not the family. In fact his father had already been sent back to Honduras.  So there was this baby, sitting there in immigration court, and he was, as might be expected, crying hysterically.  Because what the hell.  The world is topsy turvy and a child who can’t walk or speak can be tried in a court of law so long as they’re not a US citizen.  I mean, I just don’t know what to really say about it.  Our system has kind of crumbled to this point where tiny children, who have no business trying to represent themselves, much less the ABILITY or cognizance to do so, are sent into court and we all just hope for the best.  3000 kids are still separated from their family, many of them being sent into court without ANY kind of representation, without anyone present to know what’s ultimately in the best interest of the child.  The baby, only identified as Johan was sent back to his father in Honduras, which is something, though assuming the family came here in the first place to be granted asylum…maybe not so great?

This Isn’t My Fault!

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The more that I read stories of kids getting separated from their parents at borders, the more I read of the damaging effects it’s having, including a devastating story about a father who committed suicide, the more I and I think most of the country is wondering when this senseless cruelty will end.  At a certain point, I’m hoping Trump won’t be able to hide behind the lie that he isn’t responsible for this, and will mandate this stop happening.  I’m hoping that for once in his time in office, public pressure will force his hand to do something outside of his agenda against immigration.  Cruelty should never be acceptable, and it should be even less acceptable when played in the name of politics.  Innocent people are having their lives destroyed over the pride of powerful men.