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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton in 2003: "I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants." [View all]pinebox
(5,761 posts)8. Hillary in 2014
Opps!
This is going to sting!
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2015/04/14/a-reminder-of-hillary-clintons-stance-on-central-american-unaccompanied-minors-an-annoying-but-unsurprising-response
"They should be sent back as soon as it can be determined who responsible adults in their families are, because there are concerns about whether all of them should be sent back," the potential 2016 presidential candidate said in an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour. "But I think all of them who can be should be reunited with their families."
Clinton's answer mirrored the Obama administration's tough position on how to deal with unaccompanied minors, who are entering the country through the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas at rates some have called a "humanitarian crisis." Those minors are put into deportation proceedings by the Department of Homeland Security, but then are transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services. That department looks for family members in the United States who can care for the children, although that does not mean they won't be deported later.
Clinton's answer mirrored the Obama administration's tough position on how to deal with unaccompanied minors, who are entering the country through the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas at rates some have called a "humanitarian crisis." Those minors are put into deportation proceedings by the Department of Homeland Security, but then are transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services. That department looks for family members in the United States who can care for the children, although that does not mean they won't be deported later.
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Hillary Clinton in 2003: "I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigrants." [View all]
gobears10
Sep 2015
OP
She, like Bernie, has evolved on issues.. none of the candidates can throw a stone.. NOT ONE!!!
uponit7771
Sep 2015
#6
Most of us already know this, we're just not properly outraged according to HC supporters.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2015
#26
I'm not against anyone who is simply doing what I'd do if I were born in their circumstances.
Shoulders of Giants
Sep 2015
#12
'Just because your child gets across the border doesn't mean your child gets to stay'! Wow, that is
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#16
so her plan is "screw Central Americans at both ends"? since her ever-so-bloody-BRILLIANT decision
MisterP
Sep 2015
#34
That's why I cannot support her. Her policies are, other than the required ones to qualif as a Dem,
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#35
the policies used to qualify as Dem are of course readily dropped and clearly just
MisterP
Sep 2015
#38
The reaction to that awful statement around the world was pure horror. I remember cringing
sabrina 1
Sep 2015
#39
we've been okay with all this for decades, and they thought we'd be okay with some decades more
MisterP
Sep 2015
#40