Trump will stop separating families at border

[Kulture Kiari 3,433]

President Donald Trump, under pressure from angry members of his own party, signed on Wednesday an executive order that is meant to keep families together at the border, halting a policy he instituted earlier this year.

"It's about keeping families together while ensuring we have a powerful border," Trump said of the order.

Trump said the order "will solve that problem" of children being separated from their parents, but that it wouldn't end his administration's "zero tolerance" policy of charging everyone who attempts to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, a decision that led to the current crisis.

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna885061

 

WE DID IT KIDS!!!

[highlikegaga 9,117]

mess at some people online saying that the kids are ACTORS. i'm done with humanity.

OT: he should've never let that happen in the first place smh

[Morphine Prince 109,653]

He lied about ending this only through legislation by Congress. 

He used CHILDREN as political pawns. He RIPPED FAMILIES APART to try to get Congress to pass legislation that would give him things he promised his base. 

This president will RIP FAMILIES APART for political gain. Just think about that. 

Things didn’t go how they expected and now they are on damage control. 

The president and his administration are MONSTERS. 

What else will they do? I don’t want to find out. 

[ryanripley 86,575]

thank the lord

[blackthorns 487]

ok cool, now lets get on reuniting all the kids he's currently got imprisoned in walmart concentration camps

[Punktious 1,348]

Wow, it's almost like this is morally wrong! Thanks America! I'm more shocked it took this long and this level of outcry to stop it. Disgusting

[Whispering 18,865]

Now, they have to figure out how to get children and parents back together that they have spread out across thousands of miles. They have even deported some parents already, WITHOUT their children. They've separated sibling groups and sent babies and toddlers to New York and Maine.

ICE has already stated that some of these families will never be reunited. 

[Eggsy 8,280]

Lets not start praising this attempt to gain favorability

[LaLuna 12,732]

Too little too late, dipsh*t.This never should've happened in the first place.

I swear if someone on here tries to defend him 

[JustinTrudeau 2,419]

I hate him and the US government for not preventing this in the first place.

I don't care about the laws under Obama's or Bush's times, I care about now. What an asshole.

[OBEY 57,109]

41 minutes ago, JustinTrudeau said:

I hate him and the US government for not preventing this in the first place.

I don't care about the laws under Obama's or Bush's times, I care about now. What an asshole.

Trump added this child being separated from their parents policy....

yet he blames de democrats lmao. he said it was a law, its a policy. then he says democrats won't let him pass legislation but he has the majority? like wtf.

[ALGAYDO 35,061]

He has to pass legislation to stop himself from doing what he started? OhMyGod we literally have such trash running our country, I can’t. 

[Michelle 2,056]

HHS has said its up to the parents to locate their kids and none of the previous separations will be grandthered in. They’ll be held in detention centers  together 🙄 I hate this ****ing President so much. 

[Kulture Kiari 3,433]

I saw this. Is this true, and if so, what are your thoughts?

 

[ItsTommyBitch 12,640]

14 minutes ago, RubberHeartt said:

I saw this. Is this true, and if so, what are your thoughts?

 

Here is the full text of the executive order in a spoiler box

Spoiler

 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of this Administration to rigorously enforce our immigration laws. Under our laws, the only legal way for an alien to enter this country is at a designated port of entry at an appropriate time. When an alien enters or attempts to enter the country anywhere else, that alien has committed at least the crime of improper entry and is subject to a fine or imprisonment under section 1325(a) of title 8, United States Code. This Administration will initiate proceedings to enforce this and other criminal provisions of the INA until and unless Congress directs otherwise. It is also the policy of this Administration to maintain family unity, including by detaining alien families together where appropriate and consistent with law and available resources. It is unfortunate that Congress’s failure to act and court orders have put the Administration in the position of separating alien families to effectively enforce the law.

Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this order, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Alien family” means

(i) any person not a citizen or national of the United States who has not been admitted into, or is not authorized to enter or remain in, the United States, who entered this country with an alien child or alien children at or between designated ports of entry and who was detained; and

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(ii) that person’s alien child or alien children.

(b) “Alien child” means any person not a citizen or national of the United States who

(i) has not been admitted into, or is not authorized to enter or remain in, the United States;

(ii) is under the age of 18; and

(iii) has a legal parent-child relationship to an alien who entered the United States with the alien child at or between designated ports of entry and who was detained.

Sec. 3. Temporary Detention Policy for Families Entering this Country Illegally.

(a) The Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary), shall, to the extent permitted by law and subject to the availability of appropriations, maintain custody of alien families during the pendency of any criminal improper entry or immigration proceedings involving their members.

(b) The Secretary shall not, however, detain an alien family together when there is a concern that detention of an alien child with the child’s alien parent would pose a risk to the child’s welfare.

(c) The Secretary of Defense shall take all legally available measures to provide to the Secretary, upon request, any existing facilities available for the housing and care of alien families, and shall construct such facilities if necessary and consistent with law. The Secretary, to the extent permitted by law, shall be responsible for reimbursement for the use of these facilities.

(d) Heads of executive departments and agencies shall, to the extent consistent with law, make available to the Secretary, for the housing and care of alien families pending court proceedings for improper entry, any facilities that are appropriate for such purposes. The Secretary, to the extent permitted by law, shall be responsible for reimbursement for the use of these facilities.

(e) The Attorney General shall promptly file a request with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California to modify the Settlement Agreement in Flores v. Sessions, CV 85-4544 (“Flores settlement”), in a manner that would permit the Secretary, under present resource constraints, to detain alien families together throughout the pendency of criminal proceedings for improper entry or any removal or other immigration proceedings.

Sec. 4. Prioritization of Immigration Proceedings Involving Alien Families. The Attorney General shall, to the extent practicable, prioritize the adjudication of cases involving detained families.

Sec. 5. General Provisions.

(a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented in a manner consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

DONALD J. TRUMP
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 20, 2018

 

One, cackling at him literally saying congress failed to act in the executive order itself

To your points

1) This seems true

2) I am not sure about this. "Improper entry" has been considered a misdemeanor (despite common belief, oops) and this is the phrasing used here as well so I'm not sure if its been escalated. I believe "unauthorized presence in the country" is what is considered a civil violation, where as improper entry (so crossing the border illegally) has always been a misdemeanor. Two separate offenses.

This makes 3 and 4 shaky if not outright false. I havent found any evidence or interpretations of this that point to the crime of crossing the border illegally more heinous an offense... it seems to still be a misdemeanor. I also don't see unauthorized presence being upgraded, but I have only read the thing twice in its entirety so far and I haven't slept in 26 hours so  

About #4, while its conclusion seems patently false, the part about the expedition of adjudication for cases involving families is true.

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I think the real things to be outraged over are how non descript the exec. order is in regards to reuniting families, keeping them together, and the possibility of indefinite detention