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[Lanny]

Caravaners turning down thousands of jobs being offered them in Tijuana, demanding free shelter and full financial support.
They have also been offered jobs and government support by Honduras who is pleading for them to return home.
They are opportunistic leeches, being used as pawns by the left to weaken our country, and increase poverty and strife.
The President has the power to use the military to repel any invading force by whatever means he chooses.

Selling drugs and working as prostitutes are not occupations.

 

[Lanny]

Caravaners turning down thousands of jobs being offered them in Tijuana, demanding free shelter and full financial support.
They have also been offered jobs and government support by Honduras who is pleading for them to return home.
They are opportunistic leeches, being used as pawns by the left to weaken our country, and increase poverty and strife.
The President has the power to use the military to repel any invading force by whatever means he chooses.

What invading force? Are you referring to all those women and children who have American law protecting their right to seek asylum? You must be referring to all the rapists, murderers, ISIS, MS13, diseased incorrigibles that comprise nearly all the 'caravan'.

By the way, whenever I see our feeble minded President refer to the 'caravan' I'm reminded of the Dodge Caravan. I never see that word used except for the Dodge or some old Errol Flynn movie where he's someplace in Arabia traveling with a caravan of camels.

 

[MARIS61]

Wow.

So all Mexicans are hookers and pushers to you. Got it.

 

[MARIS61]

What invading force? Are you referring to all those women and children who have American law protecting their right to seek asylum? You must be referring to all the rapists, murderers, ISIS, MS13, diseased incorrigibles that comprise nearly all the 'caravan'.

By the way, whenever I see our feeble minded President refer to the 'caravan' I'm reminded of the Dodge Caravan. I never see that word used except for the Dodge or some old Errol Flynn movie where he's someplace in Arabia traveling with a caravan of camels.

Caravan is a purposelessly misleading label invented by the same globalists who created the invasion as Trojan Horse was too obvious.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Did you watch the hearing?

Are you aware of the perception that ICE is like the KKK?
And, do you see any parallels between the two?

Guy answers I don't see any parallels..

I ASKED YOU IF YOU WERE AWARE OF THE PERCEPTION...BLAH BLAH BLAH.

Here is the full hearing transcript. There was a bit more then what you've been quoting. Do I agree with what she said? No. Do I support ICE? Yes. But I read the same headlines that you did, it was some hair on fire type of stuff that didn't present the full picture of that and why she brought up the whole KKK thing. It's similar to a discussion/complaint that we've had in this forum concerning a mod. Can a mod who hates Trump moderate people who like Trump? Can a person who has previously compared democrats to the KKK run a government agency that serves all Americans? Obviously I believe they can but it needs to be on a case by case basis. Again, I personally think she fumbled the ball on the point she was trying to make but the full transcript and context of what was said should be seen.

SEN. KAMALA HARRIS: Thank you Mr. Chairman, and I’d like to emphasize your point. This is a hearing to determine who will be the next head of ICE, so this is about reviewing the perspectives, the qualifications, and the experience of the nominee. So, that being said, I think, Mr. Vitellio [sic], that you would agr- -- have I pronounced your name correctly?

RONALD VITIELLO: Vitiello [pronounced “Vitello”].

HARRIS: Vitiello.

VITIELLO: Thank you.

HARRIS: I think you would agree as a member of law enforcement that law enforcement generally speaking —and certainly it would be the case with ICE officers and agents — that a great deal of your power is discretionary. You have limited resources and you make decisions about what you’re gonna do, but you exercise a great deal of discretion in terms of how you are going to use the limited resources and how you are gonna prioritize them.

And then, understanding that, I think you would also agree that one’s perspective and their bias, if they have bias, will influence their exercise of discretion in terms of the power they have and how it will be used and implemented. So I want to return to the question that Senator Peters asked you about the statement you made describing the Democratic Party as “liberalcratic” or “NeoKlanist,” which was -- I think the assumption there was that you were comparing it to the Klu, Ku Klux Klan -- Klu [sic] Klux Klan, the KKK. So, you said in response to his question, you’re sorry because the words caused offense. So, would you not be sorry if no one was offended by your words?

VITIELLO: No, it was wrong to do.

HARRIS: Why was it wrong?

VITIELLO: Because those are offensive words.

HARRIS: Why are they offensive?

VITIELLO: Because they have history in this country and, and -- I, I honestly didn’t mean it that way.

HARRIS: But please talk about the history. What is the history that would then make those words wrong?

VITIELLO: Well, the Klan was what we would call today a domestic terrorist group.

HARRIS: Why? Why would we call them “domestic terrorist group” [sic]?

VITIELLO: ‘Cause they tried to use fear and force to change political environment [sic].

HARRIS: And what was the motivation for the use of fear and force?

VITIELLO: It was based on race and ethnicity.

HARRIS: Right. Are you aware of the perception of many about how the power and the discretion at ICE is being used to enforce the laws? And do you see any parallels?

VITIELLO: I do not see any parallels between sworn officers and agents-

HARRIS: [interrupting] I’m talking about perception. I’m talking about perception.

VITIELLO: I do not see a parallel between what is constitutionally mandated as it relates to enforcing the law-

HARRIS: [talking over Vitiello] Are you aware that there’s a perception -- are you aware that there’s a perception-

VITIELLO: I see no perception that puts ICE in the same category as the KKK. Is that what you’re asking me?

HARRIS: No, I’m very specific about what I’m asking you. Are you aware of a perception that the way that the discretion-

VITIELLO: [interrupting] I see no parallel.

HARRIS: I’m not finished.

VITIELLO: I see none.

HARRIS: I’m not finished. I’m not finished. Are you aware that there’s a perception that ICE is administering its power in a way that is causing fear and intimidation, particularly among immigrants and specifically among immigrants coming from Mexico and Central America? Are you aware of that perception?

VITIELLO: I do not see a parallel between the power and the authority that ICE has to do its job and the agents and officers who do it professionally and excellently with lots of compassion-

HARRIS: [interrupting] Sir, how can you be the head of an agency and be unaware of how your agency is perceived by certain communities?

VITIELLO: There’s a lot of perceptions in the media and in the public that are incorrect about the agency and what it does-

HARRIS: [interrupting] But the perception exists, would you agree, whether or not it’s correct? And wouldn’t you agree then that if that perception exists, there might need to be some work done to correct the perception?

VITIELLO: I do want to advocate for the workforce that the vital public safety mission that they have to protect the homeland [sic], and I think more people need to know how valuable they are to the society, so I agree with you on that.​

 

[barfo]

Here is the full hearing transcript. There was a bit more then what you've been quoting. Do I agree with what she said? No. Do I support ICE? Yes. But I read the same headlines that you did, it was some hair on fire type of stuff that didn't present the full picture of that and why she brought up the whole KKK thing. It's similar to a discussion/complaint that we've had in this forum concerning a mod. Can a mod who hates Trump moderate people who like Trump? Can a person who has previously compared democrats to the KKK run a government agency that serves all Americans? Obviously I believe they can but it needs to be on a case by case basis. Again, I personally think she fumbled the ball on the point she was trying to make but the full transcript and context of what was said should be seen.

SEN. KAMALA HARRIS: Thank you Mr. Chairman, and I’d like to emphasize your point. This is a hearing to determine who will be the next head of ICE, so this is about reviewing the perspectives, the qualifications, and the experience of the nominee. So, that being said, I think, Mr. Vitellio [sic], that you would agr- -- have I pronounced your name correctly?

RONALD VITIELLO: Vitiello [pronounced “Vitello”].

HARRIS: Vitiello.

VITIELLO: Thank you.

HARRIS: I think you would agree as a member of law enforcement that law enforcement generally speaking —and certainly it would be the case with ICE officers and agents — that a great deal of your power is discretionary. You have limited resources and you make decisions about what you’re gonna do, but you exercise a great deal of discretion in terms of how you are going to use the limited resources and how you are gonna prioritize them.

And then, understanding that, I think you would also agree that one’s perspective and their bias, if they have bias, will influence their exercise of discretion in terms of the power they have and how it will be used and implemented. So I want to return to the question that Senator Peters asked you about the statement you made describing the Democratic Party as “liberalcratic” or “NeoKlanist,” which was -- I think the assumption there was that you were comparing it to the Klu, Ku Klux Klan -- Klu [sic] Klux Klan, the KKK. So, you said in response to his question, you’re sorry because the words caused offense. So, would you not be sorry if no one was offended by your words?

VITIELLO: No, it was wrong to do.

HARRIS: Why was it wrong?

VITIELLO: Because those are offensive words.

HARRIS: Why are they offensive?

VITIELLO: Because they have history in this country and, and -- I, I honestly didn’t mean it that way.

HARRIS: But please talk about the history. What is the history that would then make those words wrong?

VITIELLO: Well, the Klan was what we would call today a domestic terrorist group.

HARRIS: Why? Why would we call them “domestic terrorist group” [sic]?

VITIELLO: ‘Cause they tried to use fear and force to change political environment [sic].

HARRIS: And what was the motivation for the use of fear and force?

VITIELLO: It was based on race and ethnicity.

HARRIS: Right. Are you aware of the perception of many about how the power and the discretion at ICE is being used to enforce the laws? And do you see any parallels?

VITIELLO: I do not see any parallels between sworn officers and agents-

HARRIS: [interrupting] I’m talking about perception. I’m talking about perception.

VITIELLO: I do not see a parallel between what is constitutionally mandated as it relates to enforcing the law-

HARRIS: [talking over Vitiello] Are you aware that there’s a perception -- are you aware that there’s a perception-

VITIELLO: I see no perception that puts ICE in the same category as the KKK. Is that what you’re asking me?

HARRIS: No, I’m very specific about what I’m asking you. Are you aware of a perception that the way that the discretion-

VITIELLO: [interrupting] I see no parallel.

HARRIS: I’m not finished.

VITIELLO: I see none.

HARRIS: I’m not finished. I’m not finished. Are you aware that there’s a perception that ICE is administering its power in a way that is causing fear and intimidation, particularly among immigrants and specifically among immigrants coming from Mexico and Central America? Are you aware of that perception?

VITIELLO: I do not see a parallel between the power and the authority that ICE has to do its job and the agents and officers who do it professionally and excellently with lots of compassion-

HARRIS: [interrupting] Sir, how can you be the head of an agency and be unaware of how your agency is perceived by certain communities?

VITIELLO: There’s a lot of perceptions in the media and in the public that are incorrect about the agency and what it does-

HARRIS: [interrupting] But the perception exists, would you agree, whether or not it’s correct? And wouldn’t you agree then that if that perception exists, there might need to be some work done to correct the perception?

VITIELLO: I do want to advocate for the workforce that the vital public safety mission that they have to protect the homeland [sic], and I think more people need to know how valuable they are to the society, so I agree with you on that.​

Thanks for posting that, I had been too lazy to figure out what had actually been said. Clearly very different than what has been posted here.

barfo

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Here is the full hearing transcript. There was a bit more then what you've been quoting. Do I agree with what she said? No. Do I support ICE? Yes. But I read the same headlines that you did, it was some hair on fire type of stuff that didn't present the full picture of that and why she brought up the whole KKK thing. It's similar to a discussion/complaint that we've had in this forum concerning a mod. Can a mod who hates Trump moderate people who like Trump? Can a person who has previously compared democrats to the KKK run a government agency that serves all Americans? Obviously I believe they can but it needs to be on a case by case basis. Again, I personally think she fumbled the ball on the point she was trying to make but the full transcript and context of what was said should be seen.

SEN. KAMALA HARRIS: Thank you Mr. Chairman, and I’d like to emphasize your point. This is a hearing to determine who will be the next head of ICE, so this is about reviewing the perspectives, the qualifications, and the experience of the nominee. So, that being said, I think, Mr. Vitellio [sic], that you would agr- -- have I pronounced your name correctly?

RONALD VITIELLO: Vitiello [pronounced “Vitello”].

HARRIS: Vitiello.

VITIELLO: Thank you.

HARRIS: I think you would agree as a member of law enforcement that law enforcement generally speaking —and certainly it would be the case with ICE officers and agents — that a great deal of your power is discretionary. You have limited resources and you make decisions about what you’re gonna do, but you exercise a great deal of discretion in terms of how you are going to use the limited resources and how you are gonna prioritize them.

And then, understanding that, I think you would also agree that one’s perspective and their bias, if they have bias, will influence their exercise of discretion in terms of the power they have and how it will be used and implemented. So I want to return to the question that Senator Peters asked you about the statement you made describing the Democratic Party as “liberalcratic” or “NeoKlanist,” which was -- I think the assumption there was that you were comparing it to the Klu, Ku Klux Klan -- Klu [sic] Klux Klan, the KKK. So, you said in response to his question, you’re sorry because the words caused offense. So, would you not be sorry if no one was offended by your words?

VITIELLO: No, it was wrong to do.

HARRIS: Why was it wrong?

VITIELLO: Because those are offensive words.

HARRIS: Why are they offensive?

VITIELLO: Because they have history in this country and, and -- I, I honestly didn’t mean it that way.

HARRIS: But please talk about the history. What is the history that would then make those words wrong?

VITIELLO: Well, the Klan was what we would call today a domestic terrorist group.

HARRIS: Why? Why would we call them “domestic terrorist group” [sic]?

VITIELLO: ‘Cause they tried to use fear and force to change political environment [sic].

HARRIS: And what was the motivation for the use of fear and force?

VITIELLO: It was based on race and ethnicity.

HARRIS: Right. Are you aware of the perception of many about how the power and the discretion at ICE is being used to enforce the laws? And do you see any parallels?

VITIELLO: I do not see any parallels between sworn officers and agents-

HARRIS: [interrupting] I’m talking about perception. I’m talking about perception.

VITIELLO: I do not see a parallel between what is constitutionally mandated as it relates to enforcing the law-

HARRIS: [talking over Vitiello] Are you aware that there’s a perception -- are you aware that there’s a perception-

VITIELLO: I see no perception that puts ICE in the same category as the KKK. Is that what you’re asking me?

HARRIS: No, I’m very specific about what I’m asking you. Are you aware of a perception that the way that the discretion-

VITIELLO: [interrupting] I see no parallel.

HARRIS: I’m not finished.

VITIELLO: I see none.

HARRIS: I’m not finished. I’m not finished. Are you aware that there’s a perception that ICE is administering its power in a way that is causing fear and intimidation, particularly among immigrants and specifically among immigrants coming from Mexico and Central America? Are you aware of that perception?

VITIELLO: I do not see a parallel between the power and the authority that ICE has to do its job and the agents and officers who do it professionally and excellently with lots of compassion-

HARRIS: [interrupting] Sir, how can you be the head of an agency and be unaware of how your agency is perceived by certain communities?

VITIELLO: There’s a lot of perceptions in the media and in the public that are incorrect about the agency and what it does-

HARRIS: [interrupting] But the perception exists, would you agree, whether or not it’s correct? And wouldn’t you agree then that if that perception exists, there might need to be some work done to correct the perception?

VITIELLO: I do want to advocate for the workforce that the vital public safety mission that they have to protect the homeland [sic], and I think more people need to know how valuable they are to the society, so I agree with you on that.​

And do you see any parallels?

VITIELLO: I do not see any parallels between sworn officers and agents-

HARRIS: [interrupting] I’m talking about perception. I’m talking about perception.

 

[barfo]

And do you see ?

VITIELLO: I do not see -

HARRIS: [interrupting] I’m talking. I’m talking.

You aren't editing it enough to make it look really bad. There, I helped you out.

barfo

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

OMG people that are breaking the law percieve the people mandated with enforcing those laws as BAD!!!!

Oh no

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

The only mistake he made was apologizing.

He thinks Demonrats are scum and she thinks borders should be wide open.

Let's all speak the truth.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

By the way...you guys do know ICE lets people hide out in churches indefinitely.

He should have said he'd end that if he could.

 

[Lanny]

Wow.

So all Mexicans are hookers and pushers to you. Got it.

What you got is a royal case of confusion. I don't blame you, the President's wild eyed claims confuse me, too.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[Chris Craig]

Wheres the wall?

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Wheres the wall?

I thought the wall was a bad idea. Maybe I was wrong.

 

[Chris Craig]

I thought the wall was a bad idea. Maybe I was wrong.

Trump had a republican senate and house. No wall?

 

[Hobbesarable]

Migrant caravan: Mexico to deport group which stormed US border



Mexico will deport up to 500 migrants who attempted to storm the US border, according to its interior ministry.

The group were rounded up after trying to cross the border "violently" and "illegally" on Sunday, the ministry said in a statement.

Video footage shows dozens of people - including women and children - running towards the fence that separates the two countries near the city of Tijuana.

They were repelled by tear gas used by US border officers.

Mexico's interior ministry said in a statement that a group of "nearly 500 migrants" had "tried to cross the border in a violent way".

Those identified as having taken part in these "violent events" would be deported immediately, it said.

The ministry added that, "far from helping their objectives", the migrants' actions had violated the legal migration framework and could have led to a "serious incident".

• Humanitarian crisis develops in Tijuana
• What is the migrant caravan heading to US?

Tensions have been high in Tijuana since the arrival of thousands of migrants earlier this month.

The migrants are in Tijuana after travelling more than 4,000km (2,500 miles) from Central America.

They say they are fleeing persecution, poverty and violence in their home countries of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.

However, they now face a long wait to see if their asylum applications will be accepted by the US, with President Donald Trump vowing to keep each migrant on the Mexican side of the border until courts have decided their case. This could take months.

Image copyright AFP
Image caption A group managed to climb the first barrier
Amid growing desperation on Sunday, the group of about 500 migrants - who had been taking part in a peaceful protest for the right to seek political asylum in the US - made a run for the border.

Mexico's Home Secretary, Alfonso Navarrete, said the group had asked for help to organise the demonstration, but had reportedly been encouraged by some of the movement's leaders to split into different groups and try to cross into the US.

According to news agency AFP, a number managed to climb over the first fence. It was as they tried to cross a second, spike-topped wall that officials on the US side began throwing tear gas.

An AFP journalist saw the migrants - including mothers and children - trying to protect themselves from the gas, with some crying out that they only wanted to find a work and a better life in the US.

Associated Press journalist Chris Sherman said he had seen parents running away with choking toddlers.

Image copyright Reuters
Image caption However, the US then began firing tear gas
Honduran migrant Ana Zuniga, 23, tried to cross with her three-year-old. She told AP: "We ran but when you run the smoke smothers you more."

As a result of Sunday's action, the US closed the San Ysidro border crossing near Tijuana to vehicles and pedestrians for a time before re-opening it.

Mr Trump threatened to close the entire US-Mexico border earlier this week if it was felt the US was going to "lose control" of the situation.

He also said he had given troops at the border the go-ahead to use lethal force if needed.

Mr Trump has deployed about 5,800 troops to the border. He previously described the migrants as an "invasion".

 

[barfo]

Mexico will deport up to 500 migrants who attempted to storm the US border, according to its interior ministry.

Deport them to the north?

barfo

 

[MARIS61]

More blood on the hands of Dems...

REVEALED: Immigrant who killed young teacher, 28, in Thanksgiving hit-and-run was out on bond AND in Texas illegally

• Cops arrested and charged Joel Velazquez, 24, with Accident Involving Death killing Amanda Ferguson Weyant in a hit and run on Thanksgiving Day
• At the time of the crash he was out on bond from a 2017 assault charge and was apparently in the country illegally
• Weyant was using a crosswalk when she was hit by Velazquez' car
• Her father Dan said his actions have 'destroyed' their family and daughter's life

By Leah Mcdonald For Dailymail.com

Published: 01:54 EST, 25 November 2018 | Updated: 02:05 EST, 25 November 2018

• 
  
  A man arrested for killing a young teacher in a hit and run was out on bond for an assault charge dating back to 2017 in El Paso.
  
  El Paso Police arrested and charged 24-year old Joel Velazquez with Accident Involving Death killing Amanda Ferguson Weyant in a hit and run on Thanksgiving Day.
  
  KFOX14 reported that at the time of the crash he was out on bond from a 2017 assault charge.
  
  
  
  
  +7
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Police arrested and charged Joel Velazquez (left) with Accident Involving Death killing Amanda Ferguson Weyant (right) in a hit and run on Thanksgiving Day
  
  
  He appears to be in the country illegally and is now currently on an ICE detention hold, related to his immigration status, meaning he cannot bond out of jail.
  
  If he could, his bond is set at $125,000. On Friday police identified Weyant, 28, as the pedestrian killed by the alleged hit-and-run driver.
  
  Police said Velasquez struck and killed Weyant at 1.45 am on November 22, 2018 at Mesa and Cincinnati street, police said.
  
  Weyant was using a crosswalk when she was hit by Velazquez' car, police said.
  
  The vehicle suspected of striking Weyant, a 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier, was abandoned farther east on the 1300 block of Cincinnati, police said.
  
  The vehicle had damage to its hood and a shattered windshield. Investigators dusted the vehicle for fingerprints.
  
  Mandy was a sixth grade teacher at Eastwood Heights Elementary School.
  
  The community has been mourning her throughout the holiday weekend.
  
  
  
  
  +7
  
  Amanda's family want the man responsible for their daughter’s death to be held accountable
  
  
  
  
  +7
  
  Amanda's parents said their family life has been destroyed by the loss of their daughter
  
  
  
  
  +7
  
  Amanda's family explained that they learned Velazquez had a criminal past and was in the country illegally
  
  Her family wants the man responsible for their daughter’s death to be held accountable.
  
  Her father Dan Ferguson told Kfox14: 'He’s destroyed my family. My daughter, Mandy, was the glue that held my family in place, she was my everything,' said Dan Ferguson.
  
  On Saturday morning, he received a call from EPPD telling him the man who hit Mandy turned himself in two days after fleeing the scene.
  
  'I saw where my daughter was hit and where her body was 50 feet from the point of contact. He didn’t even attempt to stop to render aid’, said Ferguson.
  
  'This man, because of his careless actions, has destroyed a complete family,” said Ferguson.
  
  
  
  
  +7
  
  A towel lies at the scene where Joel Velazquez struck Amanda Ferguson Weyant in a hit and run
  
  
  
  
  +7
  
  Investigators search for evidence after the hit and run incident which killed Amanda Ferguson Weyant
  
  The family explained that they learned Velazquez had a criminal past and was in the country illegally.
  
  'It just doesn’t add up, it doesn’t seem to be fair', said Ferguson.
  
  Mandy’s parents are trying to find peace in the memories and the joy their daughter brought to so many people.
  
  'She was my world, she was my wife’s best friend but she was my baby girl,' said Ferguson
  
  But they also want accountability and justice for Mandy.
  
  'Everything was perfect in her life and to have it all taken and senselessly destroyed this is something no parent should go through', said Ferguson.
  
  A funeral services for Mandy will be on Wednesday, November 28 from 5pm to 7pm at Crest View Funeral Home 1426 Zaragoza.
  
  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6426033/Immigrant-bond-illegally-killed-young-teacher.html
  

 

[Lanny]

More blood on the hands of Dems...

REVEALED: Immigrant who killed young teacher, 28, in Thanksgiving hit-and-run was out on bond AND in Texas illegally

• Cops arrested and charged Joel Velazquez, 24, with Accident Involving Death killing Amanda Ferguson Weyant in a hit and run on Thanksgiving Day
• At the time of the crash he was out on bond from a 2017 assault charge and was apparently in the country illegally
• Weyant was using a crosswalk when she was hit by Velazquez' car
• Her father Dan said his actions have 'destroyed' their family and daughter's life

By Leah Mcdonald For Dailymail.com

Published: 01:54 EST, 25 November 2018 | Updated: 02:05 EST, 25 November 2018

• 
  
  A man arrested for killing a young teacher in a hit and run was out on bond for an assault charge dating back to 2017 in El Paso.
  
  El Paso Police arrested and charged 24-year old Joel Velazquez with Accident Involving Death killing Amanda Ferguson Weyant in a hit and run on Thanksgiving Day.
  
  KFOX14 reported that at the time of the crash he was out on bond from a 2017 assault charge.
  
  
  
  
  +7
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Police arrested and charged Joel Velazquez (left) with Accident Involving Death killing Amanda Ferguson Weyant (right) in a hit and run on Thanksgiving Day
  
  
  He appears to be in the country illegally and is now currently on an ICE detention hold, related to his immigration status, meaning he cannot bond out of jail.
  
  If he could, his bond is set at $125,000. On Friday police identified Weyant, 28, as the pedestrian killed by the alleged hit-and-run driver.
  
  Police said Velasquez struck and killed Weyant at 1.45 am on November 22, 2018 at Mesa and Cincinnati street, police said.
  
  Weyant was using a crosswalk when she was hit by Velazquez' car, police said.
  
  The vehicle suspected of striking Weyant, a 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier, was abandoned farther east on the 1300 block of Cincinnati, police said.
  
  The vehicle had damage to its hood and a shattered windshield. Investigators dusted the vehicle for fingerprints.
  
  Mandy was a sixth grade teacher at Eastwood Heights Elementary School.
  
  The community has been mourning her throughout the holiday weekend.
  
  
  
  
  +7
  
  Amanda's family want the man responsible for their daughter’s death to be held accountable
  
  
  
  
  +7
  
  Amanda's parents said their family life has been destroyed by the loss of their daughter
  
  
  
  
  +7
  
  Amanda's family explained that they learned Velazquez had a criminal past and was in the country illegally
  
  Her family wants the man responsible for their daughter’s death to be held accountable.
  
  Her father Dan Ferguson told Kfox14: 'He’s destroyed my family. My daughter, Mandy, was the glue that held my family in place, she was my everything,' said Dan Ferguson.
  
  On Saturday morning, he received a call from EPPD telling him the man who hit Mandy turned himself in two days after fleeing the scene.
  
  'I saw where my daughter was hit and where her body was 50 feet from the point of contact. He didn’t even attempt to stop to render aid’, said Ferguson.
  
  'This man, because of his careless actions, has destroyed a complete family,” said Ferguson.
  
  
  
  
  +7
  
  A towel lies at the scene where Joel Velazquez struck Amanda Ferguson Weyant in a hit and run
  
  
  
  
  +7
  
  Investigators search for evidence after the hit and run incident which killed Amanda Ferguson Weyant
  
  The family explained that they learned Velazquez had a criminal past and was in the country illegally.
  
  'It just doesn’t add up, it doesn’t seem to be fair', said Ferguson.
  
  Mandy’s parents are trying to find peace in the memories and the joy their daughter brought to so many people.
  
  'She was my world, she was my wife’s best friend but she was my baby girl,' said Ferguson
  
  But they also want accountability and justice for Mandy.
  
  'Everything was perfect in her life and to have it all taken and senselessly destroyed this is something no parent should go through', said Ferguson.
  
  A funeral services for Mandy will be on Wednesday, November 28 from 5pm to 7pm at Crest View Funeral Home 1426 Zaragoza.
  
  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6426033/Immigrant-bond-illegally-killed-young-teacher.html

My God, somebody killed someone in a hit and run? Unthinkable. What's next rape, murder, diseases, MS13, ISIS infiltration?

 

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Honduran president's brother accused of conspiring to import tons of cocaine to US

By Samuel Chamberlain | Fox News


A brother of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was charged by federal prosecutors Monday with conspiring to import tons of cocaine to the United States, as well as weapons offenses and lying to federal agents.

Juan Antonio Hernandez Alvarado, aka Tony Hernandez, was arrested Friday in Miami and was due to appear in federal court there on Monday

Federal prosecutors in New York described the suspect, a former Honduran congressman, as "a large-scale drug trafficker" who worked for more than a decade with compatriots as well as traffickers based in Mexico, Colombia and other countries to receive, process and distribute cocaine making its way through Honduras en route to the United States. Hernandez used cocaine laboratories in Honduras and Colombia, where some drug packages were stamped with the initials "TH," according to investigators.

Prosecutors also said Hernandez coordinated and occasionally provided security for drug shipments within Honduras, even using members of the country's national police force for the job.

The drug-related corruption allegations that swirled around Tony Hernandez have cast a shadow over his brother's government in a Central American country that is a major transit hub for cocaine.

Honduras is also the homeland of thousands of migrants who recently have been traveling toward and are now camping out at the U.S. border with Mexico, saying they are escaping a poor economy and oppressive gang crime.

"Hernandez was involved in all stages of the trafficking through Honduras of multi-ton loads of cocaine that were destined for the U.S.," Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said in a statement. Raymond Donovan, who heads U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration special operations, said Hernandez is accused of working with "some of the world's most deadly and dangerous transnational criminal networks" to "flood American streets with deadly drugs."

The indictment also claimed Hernandez paid and took bribes to smooth the flow of drugs and money — at times paying off law enforcement officials for information to safeguard drug shipments, and at others soliciting bribes for himself and other high-ranking officials.

A convicted trafficker, Devis Leonel Rivera Maradiaga, testified last year in New York that Hernandez asked him for a bribe in exchange for government contracts. Rivera was trying to get Honduras' government to pay its debts to a company his cartel used to launder money.

The indictment said Rivera paid Tony Hernandez $50,000 during their video-recorded 2014 meeting.

In a statement after the testimony, Tony Hernandez denied involvement in illegal activities and said he was "at the disposition of Honduran or international justice for any investigation."

He noted that he'd given voluntary testimony to U.S. investigators in Miami in 2016 and testified to Honduras' Public Ministry last year.

"I reaffirm strongly that I am ready to collaborate with any investigation that is carried out in a serious fashion," he said. "And like I did before, I am ready to present myself again to authorities in the United States if it is required because he who doesn't owe, doesn't fear."

After his brother's arrest Friday, the president's administration reiterated an earlier statement that "no one is above the law, and every person must have the right to a legitimate defense and be presumed innocent."

The statement also said that the president maintains that everyone is responsible for his or her actions and can't shift accountability to other people. The government said it would see that justice was carried out with "absolute openness and strict observance to the law."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

 

[Lanny]

Honduran president's brother accused of conspiring to import tons of cocaine to US

By Samuel Chamberlain | Fox News


A brother of Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was charged by federal prosecutors Monday with conspiring to import tons of cocaine to the United States, as well as weapons offenses and lying to federal agents.

Juan Antonio Hernandez Alvarado, aka Tony Hernandez, was arrested Friday in Miami and was due to appear in federal court there on Monday

Federal prosecutors in New York described the suspect, a former Honduran congressman, as "a large-scale drug trafficker" who worked for more than a decade with compatriots as well as traffickers based in Mexico, Colombia and other countries to receive, process and distribute cocaine making its way through Honduras en route to the United States. Hernandez used cocaine laboratories in Honduras and Colombia, where some drug packages were stamped with the initials "TH," according to investigators.

Prosecutors also said Hernandez coordinated and occasionally provided security for drug shipments within Honduras, even using members of the country's national police force for the job.

The drug-related corruption allegations that swirled around Tony Hernandez have cast a shadow over his brother's government in a Central American country that is a major transit hub for cocaine.

Honduras is also the homeland of thousands of migrants who recently have been traveling toward and are now camping out at the U.S. border with Mexico, saying they are escaping a poor economy and oppressive gang crime.

"Hernandez was involved in all stages of the trafficking through Honduras of multi-ton loads of cocaine that were destined for the U.S.," Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said in a statement. Raymond Donovan, who heads U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration special operations, said Hernandez is accused of working with "some of the world's most deadly and dangerous transnational criminal networks" to "flood American streets with deadly drugs."

The indictment also claimed Hernandez paid and took bribes to smooth the flow of drugs and money — at times paying off law enforcement officials for information to safeguard drug shipments, and at others soliciting bribes for himself and other high-ranking officials.

A convicted trafficker, Devis Leonel Rivera Maradiaga, testified last year in New York that Hernandez asked him for a bribe in exchange for government contracts. Rivera was trying to get Honduras' government to pay its debts to a company his cartel used to launder money.

The indictment said Rivera paid Tony Hernandez $50,000 during their video-recorded 2014 meeting.

In a statement after the testimony, Tony Hernandez denied involvement in illegal activities and said he was "at the disposition of Honduran or international justice for any investigation."

He noted that he'd given voluntary testimony to U.S. investigators in Miami in 2016 and testified to Honduras' Public Ministry last year.

"I reaffirm strongly that I am ready to collaborate with any investigation that is carried out in a serious fashion," he said. "And like I did before, I am ready to present myself again to authorities in the United States if it is required because he who doesn't owe, doesn't fear."

After his brother's arrest Friday, the president's administration reiterated an earlier statement that "no one is above the law, and every person must have the right to a legitimate defense and be presumed innocent."

The statement also said that the president maintains that everyone is responsible for his or her actions and can't shift accountability to other people. The government said it would see that justice was carried out with "absolute openness and strict observance to the law."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Yet another reason why good people want out of Honduras.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Yet another reason why good people want out of Honduras.

Good people want out of a country because it is run by a man who says that nobody (including his own brother) is above the law, and that justice should be carried out with openness and strict adherence to the law?

 

[CupWizier]

WAR AGAINST ALL PUERTO RICANS
90 Pounds of Cocaine discovered on a boat owned by the family of Mitch McConnell, the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate

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2 years ago




Mitch McConnell is the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate. McConnell fast-tracked the PROMESA bill through the Senate. He made sure that a minimum wage cut to $4.25, and the installation of a powerful Financial Control Board, went through quickly – with virtually no debate and no amendment.

It is therefore ironic, that Mitch McConnell has been linked to the distribution and sale of 90 pounds of cocaine.

MITCH McCONNELL and HIS COCAINE BOAT

A boat was recently detained before leaving from Colombia.

During the search, the Colombian Coast Guard discovered 90 pounds of cocaine, in forty neat packets.

The vessel’s is named Ping May – one of sixteen ships operated by the Foremost Maritime Corporation (FMC).

FMC is owned by Mitch McConnell’s in-laws, the Chao family.

But the Chaos are more than family: they also make huge donations to McConnell’s political campaigns.

https://www.thenation.com/article/mitch-mcconnells-freighted-ties-shadowy-shipping-company/

For almost 30 years, since the late ‘80s, the Chao family has bankrolled Senator Mitch McConnell. When McConnell married Elaine Chao, in 1993, the Chao family lavished him with enormous gifts.

In 2008, a gift from the Chao family of between 5 and 25 million dollars made McConnell one of the richest politicians in the nation (congressional financial disclosure reports only require dollar ranges…McConnell reported a gift of “between 5 and 25 million dollars on his 2008 report).

Shockingly, McConnell is an alleged “anti-drug warrior.” He sponsored the 1996 “Enhanced Marijuana Penalties Act,” which would increase the mandatory minimum sentencing for people caught with marijuana. He also firmly opposes any form of legalized marijuana.

http://www.mintpressnews.com/senato...ocaine-says-no-to-legalized-marijuana/206246/

In other words, McConnell’s family have been financing his Senate campaigns with their cocaine drug profits…so that McConnell can go to Washington, to wage a “war on drugs.”

http://worldtruth.tv/90-pounds-of-cocaine-found-on-cargo-ship-owned-by-anti-drug-senators-family/

Mitch McConnell, the “anti-drug” U.S. Senator

HYPOCRISY IN PUERTO RICO

This same hypocrisy exists in the Puerto Rico shipping industry. Just like Washington, D.C., it is also teeming with corruption.

Between 2008 and 2013, six shipping executives with major responsibilities in the Puerto Rico shipping industry were sentenced to federal prison. They committed multiple felonies: conspiring to fix shipping rates, and allocating cargoes amongst the three companies which employed them.

http://new.grassrootinstitute.org/2...goes-to-jail-in-puerto-rico-rate-fixing-case/

Also, the largest shipping companies – Crowley, Sea Star, and Horizon Lines – were all found as co-conspirators who “conspired to fix and maintain rates for Puerto Rico freight services, to share freight customers between and amongst themselves, and to rig bids submitted to customers of Puerto Rico freight services.”


In addition to these jailed executives, the three carriers – Sea Star, Crowley, and Horizon – all pleaded guilty to violating the Sherman Antitrust Act in numerous other areas during 2011 and 2012, and were fined a total of 46.2 million dollars.

The Jones Act protects these companies – even though they are breaking the law, and strangling the economy of Puerto Rico.

END THE JONES ACT IN PUERTO RICO

Every Puerto Rican pays higher prices for the goods that these “Jones Act criminals” ship into the island. Then, after paying an artificially rigged price, the people of Puerto Rico now pay an additional 11.5% sales tax, on the already inflated consumer goods! For this reason the cost of living is higher in Puerto Rico, than in any state in the U.S.

The Jones Act is a corrupt law.

The Jones Act shipping companies are also corrupt.

The New York Times called for terminating the Jones Act. Even the International Monetary Fund economists, who drafted the infamous Krueger Report agreed. It is immoral, illegal, and fatal for Puerto Rico to be denied the right to its own shipping industry.

The Jones Act is the new Vieques. We must end it RIGHT AWAY.

THE “WAR” CONTINUES

Meanwhile Mitch McConnell continues in Washington…

The most powerful man in the U.S. Senate is fighting a “war on drugs,” while his family sells cocaine to keep him in office.

He sends a Financial Control Board down to Puerto Rico, which is authorized to receive “gifts” of any kind: money, real estate, jewelry, yachts, lavish vacations. They can accept these “gifts” from anybody – including from the people who have business before the Board.

In other words, the PROMESA bill that was fast-tracked by Mitch McConnell, contains an open invitation to bribery, influence peddling, and money laundering.

This is the “fiscal integrity” that we get from a Cocaine Senator.

This is the “law and order” that Puerto Rico is supposed to respect.




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More blood on the hands of Dems...

REVEALED: Immigrant who killed young teacher, 28, in Thanksgiving hit-and-run was out on bond AND in Texas illegally

• Cops arrested and charged Joel Velazquez, 24, with Accident Involving Death killing Amanda Ferguson Weyant in a hit and run on Thanksgiving Day
• At the time of the crash he was out on bond from a 2017 assault charge and was apparently in the country illegally
• Weyant was using a crosswalk when she was hit by Velazquez' car
• Her father Dan said his actions have 'destroyed' their family and daughter's life

By Leah Mcdonald For Dailymail.com

Published: 01:54 EST, 25 November 2018 | Updated: 02:05 EST, 25 November 2018

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  A man arrested for killing a young teacher in a hit and run was out on bond for an assault charge dating back to 2017 in El Paso.
  
  El Paso Police arrested and charged 24-year old Joel Velazquez with Accident Involving Death killing Amanda Ferguson Weyant in a hit and run on Thanksgiving Day.
  
  KFOX14 reported that at the time of the crash he was out on bond from a 2017 assault charge.
  
  
  
  
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  Police arrested and charged Joel Velazquez (left) with Accident Involving Death killing Amanda Ferguson Weyant (right) in a hit and run on Thanksgiving Day
  
  
  He appears to be in the country illegally and is now currently on an ICE detention hold, related to his immigration status, meaning he cannot bond out of jail.
  
  If he could, his bond is set at $125,000. On Friday police identified Weyant, 28, as the pedestrian killed by the alleged hit-and-run driver.
  
  Police said Velasquez struck and killed Weyant at 1.45 am on November 22, 2018 at Mesa and Cincinnati street, police said.
  
  Weyant was using a crosswalk when she was hit by Velazquez' car, police said.
  
  The vehicle suspected of striking Weyant, a 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier, was abandoned farther east on the 1300 block of Cincinnati, police said.
  
  The vehicle had damage to its hood and a shattered windshield. Investigators dusted the vehicle for fingerprints.
  
  Mandy was a sixth grade teacher at Eastwood Heights Elementary School.
  
  The community has been mourning her throughout the holiday weekend.
  
  
  
  
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  Amanda's family want the man responsible for their daughter’s death to be held accountable
  
  
  
  
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  Amanda's parents said their family life has been destroyed by the loss of their daughter
  
  
  
  
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  Amanda's family explained that they learned Velazquez had a criminal past and was in the country illegally
  
  Her family wants the man responsible for their daughter’s death to be held accountable.
  
  Her father Dan Ferguson told Kfox14: 'He’s destroyed my family. My daughter, Mandy, was the glue that held my family in place, she was my everything,' said Dan Ferguson.
  
  On Saturday morning, he received a call from EPPD telling him the man who hit Mandy turned himself in two days after fleeing the scene.
  
  'I saw where my daughter was hit and where her body was 50 feet from the point of contact. He didn’t even attempt to stop to render aid’, said Ferguson.
  
  'This man, because of his careless actions, has destroyed a complete family,” said Ferguson.
  
  
  
  
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  A towel lies at the scene where Joel Velazquez struck Amanda Ferguson Weyant in a hit and run
  
  
  
  
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  Investigators search for evidence after the hit and run incident which killed Amanda Ferguson Weyant
  
  The family explained that they learned Velazquez had a criminal past and was in the country illegally.
  
  'It just doesn’t add up, it doesn’t seem to be fair', said Ferguson.
  
  Mandy’s parents are trying to find peace in the memories and the joy their daughter brought to so many people.
  
  'She was my world, she was my wife’s best friend but she was my baby girl,' said Ferguson
  
  But they also want accountability and justice for Mandy.
  
  'Everything was perfect in her life and to have it all taken and senselessly destroyed this is something no parent should go through', said Ferguson.
  
  A funeral services for Mandy will be on Wednesday, November 28 from 5pm to 7pm at Crest View Funeral Home 1426 Zaragoza.
  
  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6426033/Immigrant-bond-illegally-killed-young-teacher.html

But, republicans are in charge in Texas

 

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The Trump administration regularly asserts that undocumented immigrants are predatory and threaten public safety. Immigrant advocates say that talk demonizes an entire class of people.

Now, four academic studies show that illegal immigration does not increase the prevalence of violent crime or drug and alcohol problems. In the slew of research, motivated by Trump's rhetoric, social scientists set out to answer this question: Are undocumented immigrants more likely to break the law?

Michael Light, a criminologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, looked at whether the soaring increase in illegal immigration over the last three decades caused a commensurate jumpin violent crimes: murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault.

"Increased undocumented immigration since 1990 has not increased violent crime over that same time period," Light said in a phone interview.

Those findings are published in the current edition of the peer-reviewed journal Criminology.

In a separate study, these same researchers previously looked at nonviolent crime. They found that the dramatic influx of undocumented immigrants, similarly, did not drive up rates of drug and alcohol arrests or the number of drug overdoses and DUI deaths.

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third study, by the libertarian Cato Institute, recently looked at criminality among undocumented immigrants just in Texas. The state records the immigration status of arrestees, creating a gold mine for criminologists.


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Cato found that in 2015, criminal conviction and arrest rates in Texas for undocumented immigrants were lower than those of native-born Americans for murder, sexual assault and larceny.

Finally, a research paper appearing in the current edition of the U.K. journal Migration Letters shows that youthful undocumented immigrants engage in less crime than do legal immigrants or U.S.-born peers.

All of this comes as no surprise to Art Acevedo, the police chief in Houston, which has one of largest undocumented populations in the nation. The chief has been publicly critical of the immigration crackdown.

"There's no wave of crime being committed by the immigrant community," Acevedo said. "As a matter of fact, a lot of the violent crime that we're dealing with is being committed by people that are born and raised right here in the United States."

For decades, social science focused on the extent of crime committed by legal immigrants. These new studies are important because they're among the first to explore the link between crime and illegal immigration.

The research proves what Acevedo and others suspected.

"Having worked around this community my entire professional career, which is about 32 years, I know that the vast majority of them that I've encountered are hard-working. They're here to earn an honest living," Acevedo said.

But the new research may not move the needle in the immigration debate. Texas Republicans, for instance, have potent opinions about undocumented immigrants.

"I have no quarrel with anybody of any ethnicity, but I don't like criminals. And I think that not having people be citizens leads to criminality," former La Grange, Texas, City Councilman Arnold Romberg says. He's sitting on the courthouse square in Fayette County, where voters went for Trump by a 4-to-1 margin.

Ed Dykes, a local electrical engineer, says a crime committed by an undocumented immigrant is one too many.

"It's actually immaterial whether they commit more crimes or not because they commit additional crimes," Dykes says. "They are crimes that would not be committed. There are American citizens who'd be alive today if [unauthorized immigrants] were not in this country."

A recent poll showed that 7 out of 10 GOP voters in Texas support the proposition that all undocumented immigrants should be deported immediately regardless of whether they have committed a crime there.

CorrectionMay 2, 2018


In the audio of this story, as in a previous Web version, we incorrectly give Arnold Romberg's first name as Ronald.

 

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But, republicans are in charge in Texas

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&sou...aw1N1RCd4dBWRELJIEwbt3Mt&ust=1543426769594209

 

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Justice Department to appeal judge's order barring US from refusing asylum to illegal immigrants

By Nicole Darrah | Fox News
US asylum laws at the border explained
Former U.S. Customs and Border Protection official Theresa Cardinal Brown weighs in on how immigration law is being applied to the migrant caravan.

The Justice Department on Tuesday said it plans to appeal a court order barring the government from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.

The department filed a notice of plans to appeal the order to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and also requested that District Judge Jon Tigar issue a stay of his Nov. 19 order.

President Trump on Nov. 9 issued a proclamation that said anyone who crossed the southern border between officials ports of entry would be ineligible for asylum.


Secretary Nielsen blasts 'dangerous' ruling on asylum policy

The administration insists it must regulate asylum claims, partly because of the caravans of migrants that are starting to arrive at the border.

Hours after Tigar issued the nationwide injunction, Trump said he was "going to put in a major complaint" about the appellate court, which is based in San Francisco. He also criticized the Ninth Circuit, and called it a "disgrace" and alleged on Twitter that the court has "Obama judges."

Tigar was nominated by former President Obama in 2012 to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Asylum is intended for people who have fled their countries of origin because they have suffered persecution or fear that they will be persecuted if they are forced to return.

Crossing the U.S.-Mexico border between ports of entry is a federal crime.

Fox News' Andrew O'Reilly and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

 

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DHS blasts ’60 Minutes’ segment on family separation: ‘Agenda-driven work of revisionist fiction’

By Brian Flood | Fox News
The Department of Homeland Security called a “60 Minutes” report “a platform for the misleading narratives of open-borders advocates.”

The Department of Homeland Security blasted “60 Minutes” on Monday in a scathing statement that called a segment from Sunday’s episode “an agenda-driven work of revisionist fiction” – but the CBS News program is standing by its story about families being separated at the border.

The “60 Minutes” investigation by correspondent Scott Pelley explored the Trump administration's strict immigration policies. “Our investigation has found that the separation of families began far earlier and detained many more children than the administration has admitted,” Pelley said.

The report apparently infuriated President Trump, who took to Twitter, labeling it “phony,” but DHS took things further on Monday.

“’60 Minutes’ irresponsibly aired flawed reporting, which displayed disregard for the truth and a fundamental misunderstanding of our nation’s immigration system and the Administration’s zero-tolerance policy for prosecuting illegal border crossers. DHS chose not to participate in the taping of this hit piece as it was clear from the start this was an agenda-driven work of revisionist fiction,” DHS Assistant Press Secretary Katie Waldman said in a statement.

“The piece inaccurately conflated the responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services—the former apprehends illegal aliens (including minors) for illegal acts and the latter is responsible for care and custody of unaccompanied alien minors,” Waldman continued. “Additionally, ‘60 Minutes’ was complicit in allowing one interviewee to peddle absurd fabrications about the actions of the men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol as they carried out the Administration’s zero-tolerance policy.”

A “60 Minutes” spokesperson told Fox News that the program stands by its story.

Pelley’s report featured the story of a three-year-old boy named Immers, who was separated from his parents after illegally crossing the border. The story also highlighted a Homeland Security internal investigation that quoted the department's inspector general as saying DHS was “not fully prepared" and "struggled to provide accurate, complete, reliable data on family separations.”

But the DHS spokesperson also said the “60 Minutes” segment “did not result from real journalism with robust fact-checking” and “simply served as a platform for the misleading narratives of open-borders advocates.”

Waldman went on to say that “60 Minutes continued to ignore the reality that at least the last two administrations had held children separately from illegal alien adults in cases where it was necessary for the welfare of the child or to prosecute a federal crime” and that no administrations – including the current one -- have done this for the purpose of breaking families apart.

“Any suggestion to the contrary is simply false,” she said. “Instead, for years, illegal alien adults and minors have been separated in cases where the adult poses a danger to the child, or the parents are being prosecuted for a crime that involves them being transferred to a prison-like setting where housing minors would be inappropriate. At no time did DHS adopt a blanket policy of separating minors from adults nor did DHS separate for the purposes of deterrence.”

Waldman’s lengthy statement concluded: “As more illegal alien adults than previously were charged with crimes under the Administration’s zero-tolerance policy, there was necessarily an increase in the number of minors held separately. Similar to what happens in courts in every jurisdiction in the country, no one wanted to place minors into criminal custody simply because their parents had committed a crime. We also note that Judge Dana Sabraw of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, in his Order of June 26, 2018, in the litigation dealing with this precise issue, ruled that, in recognition of the Obama-era practice, ‘parents and children may lawfully be separated when the parent is placed in criminal custody.'"

 

[Lanny]

Good people want out of a country because it is run by a man who says that nobody (including his own brother) is above the law, and that justice should be carried out with openness and strict adherence to the law?

The brother was arrested in the U.S.

Note the part in the following link about a corrupt government -
https://www.quora.com/What-kind-of-government-does-Honduras-have

Justice Department to appeal judge's order barring US from refusing asylum to illegal immigrants

By Nicole Darrah | Fox News
US asylum laws at the border explained
Former U.S. Customs and Border Protection official Theresa Cardinal Brown weighs in on how immigration law is being applied to the migrant caravan.

The Justice Department on Tuesday said it plans to appeal a court order barring the government from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.

The department filed a notice of plans to appeal the order to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and also requested that District Judge Jon Tigar issue a stay of his Nov. 19 order.

President Trump on Nov. 9 issued a proclamation that said anyone who crossed the southern border between officials ports of entry would be ineligible for asylum.


Secretary Nielsen blasts 'dangerous' ruling on asylum policy

The administration insists it must regulate asylum claims, partly because of the caravans of migrants that are starting to arrive at the border.

Hours after Tigar issued the nationwide injunction, Trump said he was "going to put in a major complaint" about the appellate court, which is based in San Francisco. He also criticized the Ninth Circuit, and called it a "disgrace" and alleged on Twitter that the court has "Obama judges."

Tigar was nominated by former President Obama in 2012 to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Asylum is intended for people who have fled their countries of origin because they have suffered persecution or fear that they will be persecuted if they are forced to return.

Crossing the U.S.-Mexico border between ports of entry is a federal crime.

Fox News' Andrew O'Reilly and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

It's a black and white issue and the far far Right new government is going to lose. Read the law.