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hamsterjill

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11. It's horrible.

Thu Feb 9, 2017, 05:06 PM

Feb 2017

So, if the two children enter the foster care system, then aren't "we the taxpayer" paying for their care? One might think THAT would offend the Republicans who want this to happen.

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Arizona Mother Deported to Mexico After Living in U.S. For 21 Years [View all] TygrBright Feb 2017 OP

A totał shame. Been here since the age of fourteen. Does that not make her a Dreamer ? Trust Buster Feb 2017 #1

It makes her a neighbor. A mother. A member of a community. TygrBright Feb 2017 #2

I understand all that. Just wondering if Dreamers are now vulnerable, that's all. Trust Buster Feb 2017 #5

Yes. They undoubtedly are. So much for "A nation of immigrants." TygrBright Feb 2017 #6

No, because they haven't committed a crime. What she did is considered a crime. Yo_Mama Feb 2017 #35

Yes. She qualified as a Dreamer under the law. politicat Feb 2017 #47

Conservatives don't have Dreams, only nightmares about nonwhite people Volaris Feb 2017 #22

Conservatives dream of a time that never existed IronLionZion Feb 2017 #32

This is what the LittleGirl Feb 2017 #3

And so it begins jpak Feb 2017 #4

The thing that kills me about a case like this is the fact that fleur-de-lisa Feb 2017 #7

Yep. This is her HOME she's being deported from. n/t TygrBright Feb 2017 #8

Legally its not her home. Her kids? Yes. Hers? No. cstanleytech Feb 2017 #18

"Home" does have a legal connotation. TygrBright Feb 2017 #20

Yes ma'am! fleur-de-lisa Feb 2017 #28

I had the same thought. emmadoggy Feb 2017 #27

This is horrid. And I know this sounds naive hamsterjill Feb 2017 #9

They are minors. I believe in the 10-12 age range. TygrBright Feb 2017 #10

It's horrible. hamsterjill Feb 2017 #11

Sure we taxpayers are paying for their foster care. TygrBright Feb 2017 #12

No, taxpayers are not paying for the children. former9thward Feb 2017 #49

Yes, it is horrible which is why our immigration laws need to be updated to make it easier for cstanleytech Feb 2017 #21

While this is horrible titaniumsalute Feb 2017 #13

ICE has been FORCED to go back to the days before President Obama grantcart Feb 2017 #14

THIS, yep. n/t TygrBright Feb 2017 #15

If nothing else, I hope folks learn... Blue_Tires Feb 2017 #16

Deporting ALL illegal immigrants? hurple Feb 2017 #17

I would guess that most are deceased now n/t madville Feb 2017 #41

Is it becoming high time to start a 2017 Underground Railroad? DippyDem Feb 2017 #19

No, we need two countries. I am sick. I see no hope for us to ever get together. adigal Feb 2017 #24

This should be the top story, but Kellyanne Goebbels' comments distracted adigal Feb 2017 #23

glad someone else posted about this arithia Feb 2017 #25

Might be low post count. TygrBright Feb 2017 #33

I won't hold my breath waiting for the family values crowd to denounce this despicable action. LonePirate Feb 2017 #26

This is tragic eissa Feb 2017 #29

This is so overwhelmingly sad mrs_p Feb 2017 #30

If SCROTUS has his way, her kids will be stuffed into a van & dumped in Mexico, too. catbyte Feb 2017 #31

Sadly, in the space we now occupy, 45 considers this act "winning" SticksnStones Feb 2017 #34

55% of Americans zentrum Feb 2017 #36

I've never believed that BS percentage since it came out. Bengus81 Feb 2017 #40

paranoia is setting in bdamomma Feb 2017 #43

That's how an authoritarian zentrum Feb 2017 #45

No doubt Trump will take to the stage to declare how much safer we are NOW Bengus81 Feb 2017 #37

Republican family values at work SHRED Feb 2017 #38

We need to get word out to these populations. Ilsa Feb 2017 #39

Would the bdamomma Feb 2017 #42

The next time it happens, if I am anywhere near enough, I WILL lie down in front of the van. n/t TygrBright Feb 2017 #44

NYT video of the protest at Phoenix ICE realist_philus Feb 2017 #46

CNN covered it this morning on New Day with Chris Cuomo. nt Ilsa Feb 2017 #48

Shameful ck4829 Feb 2017 #50