06-21-2018, 06:52 PM
(06-21-2018, 03:47 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Folks are willing to turn a blind eye to this and accept a policy in which 80% never show up in their day in court, because we have the audacity, to lock someone up that broke the law and place their children in shelters where they are provided food, shelter, medical care, and recreational activities.
It's not like there were any alternatives to help with this problem that were being tried out before Trump took office and then were shuttered because of budget cuts.
I've been saying all along that this problem has other potential solutions that could be resolved with increased resources, solutions that are more humane than what is currently being done and could be more effective at enforcing the law.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
