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Related: About this forumAbbott's Plan To Drown Refugees As A Deterrent For Seeking Asylum
Governor Abbott's new motto: If I can't bus them out, I'll drown them out.
https://www.lonestarleft.com/p/abbotts-plan-to-drown-refugees-as
During the Trump administration, the orange one signed an executive order to take children away from their parents if they showed up at the border asking for asylum. The rationale behind Trumps cruel family separation policy was that if immigrants believed they would be separated from their children if caught, they might be less likely to come to America and ask for refuge.
Under that ruthless policy, over five thousand children were taken away from their parents. And while many have been returned, hundreds were lost in the system, never to be seen or heard from again.
In the end, research showed that both family detention and family separation policies have not deterred families from coming to the United States.
Because of this policy, the saying, cruelty is the point, became a common phrase when speaking of GOP policy. Greg Abbotts latest political stunt is no different.
Me.
(35,454 posts)and us
Bayard
(24,145 posts)"This week, Greg Abbott installed a floating wall across the Rio Grande River with netting intended to snag and drown border-crossers.
I wish I could tell you that this was just hyperbole, but in a recent Wallstreet Journal article, Greg Abbott and DPS Director Steve McGraw were quoted saying, The hope is that the possibility of death will deter people from trying to cross the river.
Do your thing, Justice Dept, and make it quick. This is pre-meditated murder.
PlutosHeart
(1,445 posts)He is a menace to the planet.
FuzzyRabbit
(2,081 posts)Instead of killing them while trying to leave, Abbott wants to kill them while trying to enter.
Abbot even looks evil, like a James Bond movie villain.
Rebl2
(14,603 posts)look evil. He is evil.
raising2moredems
(705 posts)Soon Texasistan taxpayers will be paying to remove the buoys. What part of immigration/border is Federal territory don't puke govs understand? Maybe there should be a Constitution test for all elected offices. Certainly would save taxpayers money.
And don't forget all these pukes fall all over themselves as to who is "more pro-life" and "christian". UGH