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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
Rupert, the violence in Mexico and Central America has escalated the past few years as drug cartels destabilize the nations in that area. It's torn Mexico to shreds and now it's moving into Central America. Things are very, very bad there. Sixty thousand have died in drug-related violence since 2006 in Mexico alone (and that's a lowball estimate). On Monday, 22 traffickers and soldiers died in a single firefight. It's hardly surprising parents are trying to get their kids the hell out of there by sending them to relatives in safer countries.
The state Mexico is in is largely our fault; we have created this situation with our War on Drugs policies. In addition, the US has a history of turning a blind eye to drug trafficking, and even aiding it, if the factions doing it are serving our own interests- that's been going at least since the Reagan Presidency (remember the Nicaraguan Contras and the CIA?) and for all we know, longer. The US role in creating the situation in Mexico cannot be overstated.
So, where young children are concerned, yeah, I have a bit of a "we broke it; we bought it" opinion.
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You probably won't like the website but this article talks about what is actually going on. By the way, the White House finally admitted that rumors of free entry are one of the things causing this whole mess.
According to White House Director of Domestic Policy Cecilia Munoz, "Part of what the Vice President’s effort and the administration’s effort overall is to make sure people have accurate information and that we push back on the misinformation that’s being spread and that’s contributing to this problem,” she said.
The White House elaborated in a “Fact Sheet” distributed Friday that specifically, Biden “will reiterate that unaccompanied children and adults arriving with their children are not eligible to benefit from the passage of immigration reform legislation or from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) process.”
I can't remember who is responsible for DACA. Maybe you can tell me. Hint: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) is a memorandum authored by the Obama administration on June 15, 2012. But I'm sure that has nothing to do with all these kids coming here. LOL. About 6,500 kids came here in 2012. This year that number is 90,000. Just a coincidence I'm sure. I'm sure DACA has nothing to do with it.
http://humanevents.com/2014/06/23/wh...grant-tsunami/