06-21-2019, 09:56 AM
(06-21-2019, 09:42 AM)GMDino Wrote: I was going to say the same yesterday but didn't have a chance to look it up. If my memory serves the Trump Admin has "changed the rules" for what happens at the legal ports of entry and that has led to the increase in detainees.
Like when they closed them for a brief period of time.
It's called a pushback, and it has been going on since 2017 from my understanding. It is against both US and international 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