President Trump is Enforcing the Law, And Keeping Families Together

President Trump Signs the NDAA

SECURING THE BORDER, KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER: President Donald J. Trump is using his existing executive authority to address family separation of illegal alien border-crossers.

  • President Trump is committed to protecting our Nation’s borders during a historic influx of illegal alien border crossers, while taking action under current legal constraints to prevent the separation of illegal alien families.
  • President Trump has signed an Executive Order that allows the Administration to continue to protect the border with our zero-tolerance policy, while also avoiding the separation of illegal alien families, to the extent he can legally do so.
  • Attorney General Jeff Sessions will seek an immediate modification of the Flores settlement agreement, which prevents Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from detaining families together for more than 20 days.
    • Under the current settlement agreement, the government cannot hold illegal alien families together past 20 days, meaning a child must be separated from his or her parent if the parent remains in custody.
    • Half a million illegal immigrants’ families and minors from Central America have been released into the United States since 2014 as a result of catch-and-release loopholes.
  • The President is also ordering the prioritization of immigration cases involving families and ordering his Administration to expand our family detention capacity.

REFUSING TO DO THEIR JOB: Congressional Democrats have chosen to play politics with a humanitarian and national security crisis.

  • Current loopholes in Federal law prevent detention and removal as a family unit—leading to separations and mass catch-and-release.
  • Despite the clear need for legislative action, Congressional Democrats have refused to come to the table and work with the President in good faith to address the issue of family separation.
  • Instead, they are intent on furthering their agenda of open borders and trying to release all illegal alien families and minors who show up at the border.
    • Yesterday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) refused to do his job, saying “legislation is not the way to go here.”
  • Instead of acting, Congressional Democrats have blocked any effort to detain and remove families together; incentivizing even more illegal immigration.
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CONGRESS MUST ACT: Lawmakers must still pass legislation to secure our border and to finally and fully allow family and minor detention and prompt removal.

  • The President has taken action to address the immediate issue by detaining families together for as long as he can legally do so under Flores, and now expects Congress to work quickly to address permanently the crisis at our border.
  • The United States cannot have a border that is open to illegal aliens.
  • The President supports the strong bill House Leadership has proposed to fix our dysfunctional immigration system, including the problems that arise from the Flores settlement agreement.
  • Since last October, the President has pushed Congress to close the loopholes that limit detention of families together to mere weeks but require years to effectuate a removal.

Shared from Whitehouse.gov

RELATED: Fox News: What’s Really Happening On The Border 

 

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Dee
Dee
5 years ago

Why is the democrats such a$$ holes?

olmstra
olmstra
5 years ago
Reply to  Dee

commies always are

David Sunkle
David Sunkle
5 years ago
Reply to  Dee

((“because they can”)). Obstruct Obstruct Obstruct THAT IS WHAT THE DO BEST. and WITH OUR NEW WORKING PRESIDENT : WHO IS A LEADER and A DOIER. THE DUMBO’RAT;S WILL BE HISTORY ; COME ELECTION TIME. THEN THE DUMBO=RATS WILL BE GONE. FOR EVER. AMEN..

TED SUPULSKI
TED SUPULSKI
5 years ago

President Trump; since the Democrats & RINO’s, refuse to attempt to correct the LOOPHOLES , in our current LAWS, Sir why can’t YOU ORDER those same LAW MAKERS, too be RESPONSIBLE for those said “CHILDREN”, because ALL these LAW MAKERS have made “MILLIONS $”, off of those Children. What’s good for goose , is good for gander!. God Bless America, & You President Trump.

Natalie Roberts
Natalie Roberts
5 years ago

Why don’t the Democrats finally declare that they are in favor of an open-border policy????????

What are Democrats afraid of? The Party platform and candidates for office should declare their support for open borders. The people can then vote their support for open borders, we can save money on border patrols and our humanitarian efforts can be lauded by the rest of the world. The diversity of our nation can increase to accept people from every nation on earth to contribute to the strength of America.

Bonnie Pettay
Bonnie Pettay
5 years ago

Everybody knows what to do in November, vote Republican and get the Democrats out of office. A country cannot exist without proper laws, and very concise instructions. Why would anybody want every illegal immigrant to enter their country and take food out of the mouth of our legal citizens. Just goes to show the Democrats doesn’t care about American citizens as much as they do illegal immigrants. Why? Because more illegal votes for them that is how they sustain their power take from Americans and give to illegals. We need laws to protect us, the taxpayers that carry the country.

Susan
Susan
5 years ago

One illegal immigrant just got caught after stealing about $137,000 from government programs. And you think he is one of a few? As a USA citizen who grew in border town with Mexico, I can tell you that they come with rehearsed stories. Many families with children “disappear” the father and come demanding every free benefit they can get. Many illegals buy stolen documents. Also, many, once they have children in the USA, used their legal child’s social security number to work on the side with “friends and relatives” who allow this. As you allow my Latinos, smugglers read a single sentence like this to rapidly increase the number of young illegal immigrants they cross. For those illegals who personally argue of how hard they work, you have to be honest to yourself, and recognize that while you work, you are also trying to cheat the system because after all, “El que no tranza no avanza” right? This famous Mexican accepted phrase says basically that he, who doesn’t cheat, doesn’t advance. Here, in the border town of Brownsville, we see how a girl whose parents are rich and who arrives in a luxury car claims that they don’t have any money. She will get to go the university in a fully paid scholarship because by law you can’t question them. The corrupt societies of Latin American always combine being smart with cheating the system. They always lie about their financial situation. If they are deported, don’t worry, they will not be so young anymore. Just by knowing the English language, they will be able to get a job in their counties. They are also lucky that their parents do know the countries to which they will return. They talk about families being separated when most already directly LEFT their children back in their countries for many years before bringing them here, also illegally. How can you wish rape upon your “loved” one when according to a stunning Fusion investigation, 80 percent of women and girls crossing into the U.S. by way of Mexico are raped during their journey. Year after year, and due to the laws loopholes, we have paid many billions in getting every illegal and their families food stamps, housing, health care, free child birth, welfare checks, almost free education that USA students don’t get, scholarship money that should go to your children, some even free cell phone service, free entertainment in the case of the illegal minors who get taken to waterparks and movies for weekly fun time. I am tired of seeing so many Mexican license plates, even luxury cars of known drug dealers’ daughters, outside the benefit offices of my border town. This is why dramatic Telenovelas (soap operas) are so successful in Latin American countries. Please, don’t fall for it!

Linda R
Linda R
5 years ago

They want the illegal votes. They don’t care about the families. They care about the votes to keep them in power.

Ferdinand manfrellotti
Ferdinand manfrellotti
5 years ago

They should be here in the families out of this country and help the American people so there are a lot of people in this country Americans that are starving and I will. Because of these democratic shithead and if they want to come to this country they should learn to speak only in English and everything they do reading writing in English I respect our flag and the respect of the military and the police force and there should be no prejudiced learn English or don’t come here and respect our flag May God play bless President Trump I would work for him anytime these people have no dignity dignity and no honesty for the American way and the American way of life God bless America

Kao
Kao
5 years ago

Good for our Great President and many thanks to you sir!!!
Keep the families together and send them all packing together back to their own country.
Americans are sick and tired of these mooching illegals who want to make our country the same crap hole as what they left, they come to leech off of Americans who can barely make a living for their own families. We don’t need any of them and they should not be given a dime from us Americans. Nothing!!!

ernaldo
ernaldo
5 years ago

Tha same lame political party that thinks its fine to separate an unborn from its family, piece by piece if necessary, is now concerned with illegals staying together? Interesting though is the fact 84% of children crossing the border are doing so without any family……

Joyce Hall
Joyce Hall
5 years ago

The best statement is that the US cannot have an open border. Right on President Trump. We do not need illegal aliens here in the US.

Sonji K Webb
Sonji K Webb
5 years ago

I AM SO VERY PROUD OF OUR PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FIRST FAMILY!! AMEN!! SO GREAT IN EVRY WAY! GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU! Sonji Webb

Joe Ferrari
Joe Ferrari
5 years ago

Families should never be broken up unless the parents are imprisoned for a serious crime like carrying large quantities of narcotics or beating their children etc. That being said, anyone attempting to enter the USA without proper documentation as required by US Customs and Homeland Security should be immediately refused entry and as long as they are not in the USA they are not our problem. Those who are still residing in the USA and came in illegally should have all government benefits stopped immediately; health, welfare, housing, tuition etc. If however there are US residents who are citizens and wish to support any individual who is not a criminal and can furnish proof that they have sufficient funds to do so then they should be vetted to see if they have no criminal history and then registered with Homeland Security. We are doing an unjust service to all US taxpayers by spending taxpayers money on people who have no respect for our laws by entering our country illegally. I wonder how many Senators and members of Congress will be first in line to “Adopt a family”.

Melanie Turner
Melanie Turner
5 years ago
Reply to  Joe Ferrari

I couldn’t agree more with you Joe.

Carlo
Carlo
5 years ago

The current corps of Demorats will destroy our country if we let them. We need to vote them all out as soon as possible and get our country back. The Roman Republic was ended when the emigrants flooded in and their government then changed to a dictatorship. Greece also had a great democracy in Athens, but it was lost when its Deep State took over the government. We are doomed as a democracy unless we can take our government back from the Democrats who use any illegal tricks available to get votes (from illegals) and thus power to put and keep themselves in control of our country.

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