As a “policy position,” I’d go with the “zero-tolerance” doctrine combined with family separation is unwieldy, impractical, and bad policy besides. That it’s unenforceable is self-evident. That it’s needlesly cruel is broadly agreed upon. There’s no demonstrable upside and obvious downside. Obviously the powers that be ultimately agreed with that assessment. They’re now under court order to reunite these families, despite the fact that some parents have already been deported with their kids still in detention.
Zero tolerance for what, exactly?
Name one other detention system on planet earth which has special inbuilt provisions for the detainment of families.
There's no demonstrable upside? Heh, ok.
I’d like to hear more about these “implementation flaws.” A couple thousand kids separated from their parents and put in baby-jail was a feature, not a bug—according to you, even: “it’s a tactic, folks.”
Implementation flaws specifically relating to standard of care for infants.
So was it a flaw or a tactic? Read the accounts of these kids and their parents and own it, really.
A tactic that's open to reasonable, fact-based criticism.
“Decades of psychological research show that children separated from their parents can suffer severe psychological distress, resulting in anxiety, loss of appetite, sleep disturbances, withdrawal, aggressive behavior and decline in educational achievement. The longer the parent and child are separated, the greater the child's symptoms of anxiety and depression become.“—American Psychological Association
Stands to reason that we should deport more expeditiously it would seem.
The Iraq War was good, actually, and there totally were so WMD.
Inaccurate.
Trump’s gonna be fine. How bad could it be?
I'm happy - but then again I'm not locked into a semi-perm fetus state, shuddering at every mention of a Russian conspiracy and/or 'predatory' behavior.
Democracy is unsatisfying. Maybe try fascism?
Capitalism is unsatisfying.
The alt-right is the future of the Republican Party.
Even when you misconstrue my words, I end up being right (according to you, that is).
Trump would rightfully receive a Nobel Peace Prize if he nuked Pyongyang.
Stick to not talking about Korea.
Most of those folks just like their Confederate monuments.
As opposed to being ... you know, RACISTS.
I'm still waiting.
The Russia investigation died today.
The year 2017.
Like, I appreciate your contrarianism, but I wonder sometimes if being a smart person who’s willing to advocate for criminally dumb stuff must not be a burden. I’ll take a bleeding heart over dead-eyed moral vacuity every day.
Fair enough. That I don't expect to change.