[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #516: Kim Jong Won

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tripgabriel twitterde op zaterdag 16-06-2018 om 21:16:31 It was Stephen Miller who pushed the Trump admin to use the ‘nuclear option’ of separating children from parents at the border. https://t.co/xCDfEdsVEF reageer retweet

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Almost immediately after President Trump took office, his administration began weighing what for years had been regarded as the nuclear option in the effort to discourage immigrants from unlawfully entering the United States.

Children would be separated from their parents if the families had been apprehended entering the country illegally, John F. Kelly, then the homeland security secretary, said in March 2017, “in order to deter more movement along this terribly dangerous network.”

For more than a decade, even as illegal immigration levels fell overall, seasonal spikes in unauthorized border crossings had bedeviled American presidents in both political parties, prompting them to cast about for increasingly aggressive ways to discourage migrants from making the trek.

Yet for George W. Bush and Barack Obama, the idea of crying children torn from their parents’ arms was simply too inhumane — and too politically perilous — to embrace as policy, and Mr. Trump, though he had made an immigration crackdown one of the central issues of his campaign, succumbed to the same reality, publicly dropping the idea after Mr. Kelly’s comments touched off a swift backlash.

But advocates inside the administration, most prominently Stephen Miller, Mr. Trump’s senior policy adviser, never gave up on the idea. Last month, facing a sharp uptick in illegal border crossings, Mr. Trump ordered a new effort to criminally prosecute anyone who crossed the border unlawfully — with few exceptions for parents traveling with their minor children.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op zondag 17-06-2018 om 14:30:03 In May 2016, Roger Stone met with a Russian who offered damaging info about Hillary Clinton, Stone tells WaPo.The Russian wanted Trump to pay $2,000,000 for the dirt, Stone says and recalls rejecting the offer. The meeting was arranged by Michael Caputo. https://t.co/gXf2nNEmc6 reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op zondag 17-06-2018 om 14:35:06 Roger Stone and Michael Caputo's interactions with that Russian in May 2016 mean that at least 11 Trump associates or campaign officials have now acknowledged interactions with a Russian during the election season or presidential transition. https://t.co/9UyzjclMnJ reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op zondag 17-06-2018 om 14:40:01 Roger Stone's meeting with a Russian is now part of Mueller's probe, WaPo reports. Stone and Michael Caputo did not previously disclose the meeting to congressional investigators, but say their memories were 'refreshed' by text messages that Caputo was shown by Mueller's team. https://t.co/9UyzjclMnJ reageer retweet

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Op zondag 17 juni 2018 16:17 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:

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Goh, Sanders noemde het toch heel Bijbels, volgens mij, en haar pa is dominee dus zij zal het toch wel weten?