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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 01:05 PM Sep 2017

Kobach On DACA Recipients: 'Deport The Whole Family'

By MATT SHUHAM Published SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 11:30 AM

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) said Wednesday that DACA recipients’ families should be deported alongside them.

“They came in presumably with a parent or parents, and so the correct policy is for us to enforce federal law and deport the whole family to the home country,” he told CNN’s John Berman and Poppy Harlow of the nearly 800,000 undocumented young people protected by DACA, many of whom are now young adults but who came to the United States as children.

“The idea that somehow it’s wrong to ask people to go back to their home country and to come in the right way, I just fundamentally disagree with that,” he added.

President Donald Trump rescinded DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, on Tuesday, leaving its recipients at risk of deportation when their work permits expire.

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Kobach On DACA Recipients: 'Deport The Whole Family' (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2017 OP
Looks like Congress is really going to fix this... FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #1
Is it just me Alpeduez21 Sep 2017 #2
Are you ceding the point about "crimes committed"? Because that is the crux of the issue. WinkyDink Sep 2017 #10
the letter of the law for thee, maxsolomon Sep 2017 #3
"was made." Historically speaking, that is quite true. WinkyDink Sep 2017 #9
And for those young DACA adults who are now married with kids of their own, procon Sep 2017 #4
He means and believes MuseRider Sep 2017 #5
Saw a quote on another site: KatyMan Sep 2017 #6
kansas family values. who would jesus deport? nt msongs Sep 2017 #7
Where's a tornado when you need one... Scurrilous Sep 2017 #8

Alpeduez21

(1,751 posts)
2. Is it just me
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 01:37 PM
Sep 2017

or does all this talk of punishing the whole family for crimes committed by a member of the family sound like Russia and N. Korea.

maxsolomon

(33,327 posts)
3. the letter of the law for thee,
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 01:45 PM
Sep 2017

but mitigating circumstances for me.

you see, I'm a white man, and this country was made for me, not thee.

procon

(15,805 posts)
4. And for those young DACA adults who are now married with kids of their own,
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 01:49 PM
Sep 2017

is this racist going to deport American citizens, or just rip families apart?

MuseRider

(34,108 posts)
5. He means and believes
Wed Sep 6, 2017, 01:51 PM
Sep 2017

all of this.

Probably my next governor, I have no confidence that Kansas will not be impressed that he has been chosen by Trump for a big position. I hope not but this move may have sealed our fate.

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