The 1986 law was an amnesty not a “crackdown”. It covered close to 3 million people who were here illegally (plus allowed them to subsequently bring in family, so the total number was probably closer to 10 million legalized).

Is Mexico and South America an option for the committed “protesters” and “volunteers”?

No one has ever claimed borders are impenetrable. But an utter lack of border control means a country ceases to exist as a country. In the case of the US it would mean we would be flooded with 10's if not 100's of millions of people. That would create a humanitarian crisis that would make the current issues look like…

To ask the question is to answer it.

And America thus creates the first “concentration camps” with foosball tables!

Open borders is your solution? Ok then.

Illegal border crossing (reentry at least) is a different crime. It is a felony under long standing law. Overstaying visas, etc. have completely different rules and procedures. If you want to understand the actual issues (and what Trump is referring to when he blames Congress), try:

There is a right to seek asylum - at points of entry. And in those cases, families are not separated, because no crime occurs. BUT THAT’S NOT what most of the people do. They try and cross illegally and only claim asylum when caught.

You’re joking right? They were the only ones who (back in 2014) raised the issue. The rest of the media (including Gawker, et al) utterly ignored it. And now those same people who ignored the MUCH WORSE conditions then, talk about Nazis and crimes against humanity. Why? To score political points (they assume), while…

The thing about International law is that it recognizes NATIONS. Nations are defined by borders. Crossing them without permission is illegal and subjects people to arrest. So no unlawful imprisonment. The minors are being housed in good conditions (guards making smart ass comments doesn’t generally qualify as…

No they made a big announcement about how they were going to let in all the “unaccompanied minors” - who then flooded over the border. They thereby (through stupidity, if not malice) created a crisis worse than the current one. One that actually did result in 1,000s of kids being housed in actual cages. We’ve seen the…

Thanks. But I’m serious, where are the pictures of the cages? I even went to ProPublica’s site and all they had was the audio. If folks can’t get basic facts correct, there is little chance of any meaningful resolution of a rather complex issue of illegal immigration from Mexico and South America.

So no current pictures?

Where are the pictures of cages? I’ve seen plenty of pictures of caged minors from back in 2014 during the whole Obama “unaccompanied minors” fiasco. I don’t recall the outrage about child abuse then.

Yeah, the women in The Handsmaid’s Tale were armed.

Not what the ruling said. It merely held that IN THIS CASE, the translation was ambiguous and didn’t show that the guy actually understood and consented to a search. If the phrasing had been different and resulted in an accurate translation, the consent would have been proper.

This is especially true of those minimum wage workers who don’t understand the meaning of average cost when done statewide. :) I’ll let a fun twitter thread explain it (better than I can):

So expanding medicaid helped poor people on medicaid? Perhaps we should have simply done that, instead of the other 90% of Obamacare that wrecked the healthcare system for everyone else.

They all look the same...to Hollywood or Disney, whatever.