had pushed back on this characterization. The DHS and Sessions can not get their stories straight.



...As the interview went on, Sessions said that the current policy should be considered as a “deterrent” and a message to those thinking about illegally crossing the border. Interestingly enough, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen pushed back on that characterization earlier today as she defended the policy during the White House press briefing.

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Against international law to do this to children? Aren't they actually breaking the law and subject to being prosecuted in other countries?

it was against out own law.

In the period from 1933-1939 (and even 1941) many Jews did try to leave Germany and succeeded. It wasn't easy, as they needed somewhere (and if possible someone) to go to. By 1939, so many Jewish refugees had left, most countries closed their doors to this huge influx. Visa's were difficult an expensive for Jews to get. Many were too old to travel. Dr. Sigmund Freud left, but all of his sisters remained behind. Some tragically stayed behind to take care of ailing parents. Some were too poor to pay the cost of the travel, and to also pay someone to get them a visa to a new country.


Until August 1941 Jews were encouraged to leave Germany, though under disadvantageous conditions. They also had to find somewhere to go to, which usually was not at all easy, and they needed someone (such as a relative) or something (such as a job) to go to - or had to depend on charity. From September 1941 onwards, they were kept in Germany so that they could be killed. In other words, there was a major change in policy.

Overall, of the 522,000 Jews living in Germany in January 1933, approximately 304,000 emigrated during the first six years of Nazi rule and about 214,000 were left on the eve of World War II. Of these, 160-180,000 were killed as a part of the Holocaust. On May 19, 1943, only about 20,000 Jews remained and Germany was declared judenrein (clean of Jews; also judenfrei: free of Jews).

majority of americans will never accept this as a new standard for America

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republicans pissing all over children and families is flat out wrong, ugly, hateful, and sinful.

no one (not even us for those who idolize Roosevelt/consider that) would take them.

Not to mention, it is not even true. The Nazis in the years after kristallnacht did not prevent Jews from leaving. Many countries denied entrance - including the US.

to me is this: “In Nazi Germany, they were keeping the Jews from leaving the country but this is a serious matter.” BUT? The takeaway from that sentence is that this shouldn't be compared to Nazi Germany because this is serious? Unlike Nazi Germany, that poor excuse for a dictatorship?

I've been thinking that nothing will destroy these people, but they may have outdone themselves with this. And an unforced error at that. Of course, if anything actually brought them down it was going to be an unforced error.

so they could keep the bodies

Fuck these fucking racist fucks