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BGBD

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5. As they should be

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)

Wed Mar 10, 2021, 02:39 PM

Mar 2021

A child shows up with somebody just claiming to be a grandparent or sibling and we are supposed to take their word for it?

This is a policy to protect the kids. Trumps policy was to punish the parents by taking their kids away. The difference is wider than the Rio Grande.

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