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https://thinkprogress.org/marco-rubio-detain-and-maintain-trump-family-separation-47d66889875c/amp/?__twitter_impression=trueBy Aaron Rupar at Think Progress
"SNIP........
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) says he is opposed to President Trumps policy of separating immigrant families. He is not, however, opposed to indefinitely detaining toddlers and babies.
On Wednesday morning, Rubio coined a #DetainandMaintain hashtag meant to express support for legislation that would overturn a policy that prevents children from being indefinitely detained.
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Currently, the so-called 1997 Flores settlement prevents the government from detaining undocumented children who are apprehended crossing the border for long periods of time.
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Unsurprisingly, Rubios hashtag gained little traction beyond people mocking it and pointing out how Orwellian it is.
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applegrove
(118,778 posts)Last edited Wed Jun 20, 2018, 11:42 PM - Edit history (1)
weeks ago. And they knew they'd be an outcry and then people would be more apt to accept whole families in detention. Trump claims the migrants a breaking laws but he is the king of driving right through laws.
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)Garrett78
(10,721 posts)...today's executive order didn't even remotely resolve the issue. No surprise.
There's no way all - or any - of the families can receive due process in 20 days or less. So, will due process be thrown out the window in favor of deporting each and every family? That seems the most likely outcome given who is in power.
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)Trump and the DOJ will be outmatched
applegrove
(118,778 posts)Gothmog
(145,554 posts)Garrett78
(10,721 posts)I wish I was optimistic about asylum.
blake2012
(1,294 posts)Garrett78
(10,721 posts)And it's not granting asylum.
oasis
(49,407 posts)applegrove
(118,778 posts)maker. They let him 'caveat' the worst of GOP legislation. They are setting him up to be a compassionate conservative. Don't know how jailing children and their families long term is going to help him.
oasis
(49,407 posts)rebuttal back in the day? They had great things in mind for Rubio. Then the water thing happened.
Trump did us a favor by exposing the buffoon in the 2016 GOP primary debates.
applegrove
(118,778 posts)a dyslexic like all the GOP Presidents have been going back to Reagan and they need him to be their next nominee. I can't see him running on #detain-maintain or whatever the hell that hashtag is. Nobody decent, the majority of the country, is going to forget children being separated from their parents. Trump is the ultimate example of a dyslexic populist who can pull down the human constructs of others. Dubya and Gore were also both dyslexic and Gore won. Then the supreme court gave it to dubya. GOP always runs dyslexic populists. Democrats the best qualified.
oasis
(49,407 posts)this time around. But then again, he wasn't suppose to run for his seat after getting booted out of the GOP primary. The lying sack of shit.
#refrainshitstain. That's even better.
applegrove
(118,778 posts)their dyslexic du jour. They got him to run again.
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/time/4263474/marco-rubio-leaving-government
oasis
(49,407 posts)for UN ambassador. I wondered "why her?" since Haley endorsed Rubio in the primaries and Trump only rewards loyalty. The GOP hierarchy likely vouched for her. Now it's becoming clear why Rubio never takes a stand against Trump, even though Trump cruelly taunted "Li'l' Marco" throughout thr primary debates.