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babylonsister

(171,090 posts)
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 06:14 PM Jul 2019

Top CBP Officer Testifies He's Unsure if 3-Year-Old Is "a Criminal or a National Security Threat"


Top CBP Officer Testifies He’s Unsure if 3-Year-Old Is “a Criminal or a National Security Threat”
It was one of a number of disturbing revelations.
By Jeremy Stahl
July 26, 2019
2:30 PM


One of the country’s top border officers cannot say whether a 3-year-old child might pose a “criminal or national security threat.” This was one of a number of astonishing takeaways from Thursday’s latest hearing into family separation.

The 3-year-old in question was Sofi, a little girl who was separated from her grandmother after they arrived at a port of entry in El Paso, Texas, last June seeking asylum. She was separated from her family for 47 days, until the Trump administration was forced to reunite them by court order. Chief of Law Enforcement Operations for Customs and Border Protection Brian S. Hastings still isn’t sure if she posed a threat, he told Rep. Ted Lieu during the Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday.

Ted Lieu: Sofi is not a criminal or a national security threat to the United States as a 3-year-old, correct?

Hastings: I don’t know the background in this case, sir.

Ted Lieu: Do you know any 3-year-olds that are criminal or national security threats to the United States?

Hastings: No, I don’t.

Ted Lieu: Sophie’s grandmother was not a national security or criminal threat to the United States, correct?

Hastings: I don’t know—again, I don’t know the background of what her grandmother or relatives were.


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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/cbp-chief-brian-hastings-family-separation-judiciary-hearing-not-mueller.html
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Top CBP Officer Testifies He's Unsure if 3-Year-Old Is "a Criminal or a National Security Threat" (Original Post) babylonsister Jul 2019 OP
These are aliens among us. Humans have hearts. spanone Jul 2019 #1
FFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mental midgets at the top! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2019 #2
So why the hell was he testifying????????? grumpyduck Jul 2019 #3
I know a three year old who is both a criminal and a national security threat. Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2019 #4
You just won the internet for the next 6 months Eliot Rosewater Jul 2019 #9
You are too kind sir! Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2019 #10
Bravo!!!! Doreen Jul 2019 #11
Thank you! Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2019 #14
DUzy! Well played, sir! n/t ms liberty Jul 2019 #13
I am humbled! Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2019 #15
Where are the Duzzies when we need them? sarge43 Jul 2019 #18
+100 nt proActivist Jul 2019 #22
Her skin color is brown. Iliyah Jul 2019 #5
trump himself (i.e., gawd) said barbtries Jul 2019 #27
A top CBP official? guillaumeb Jul 2019 #6
Thank you congressman Lieu and a sick f u to Hastings lunasun Jul 2019 #7
"You can't say because you don't know the background in this case, huh?" gratuitous Jul 2019 #8
Lets keep it simple for him safeinOhio Jul 2019 #12
There are times when you not only call a person a dumbass to their face, but do it Blue_true Jul 2019 #16
Which is a greater national security threat: elocs Jul 2019 #17
Well, we know which ones the republicans are putting money into. gtar100 Jul 2019 #19
A question that should be asked of all 535 members of the US Legislature. n/t sarge43 Jul 2019 #20
motherfucker EveHammond13 Jul 2019 #21
Scum. We're battling scum. nt TeamPooka Jul 2019 #23
Hastings is the fucking National Security Threat. nt Ferrets are Cool Jul 2019 #24
This is what the United States has become? warmfeet Jul 2019 #25
when they talk like this barbtries Jul 2019 #26
What the ever living fuck?? AllyCat Jul 2019 #28
Jesus... ck4829 Jul 2019 #29

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
5. Her skin color is brown.
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 06:18 PM
Jul 2019

POC are automatically a criminal and a national security threat, just ask the White Nationalists.

barbtries

(28,811 posts)
27. trump himself (i.e., gawd) said
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 08:32 PM
Jul 2019

they're not even human. they're animals.

never mind that most people treat animals better.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
8. "You can't say because you don't know the background in this case, huh?"
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 06:21 PM
Jul 2019

"Yes, I don't know the background in this case, so I am unable to state whether this 3-year-old is a criminal or a national security threat."

"All right, let's approach this from the other end. It sounds like you think a 3-year-old could be a criminal or pose a national security threat. What would make a 3-year-old a criminal or a national security threat, Mr. Hastings?"

". . ."

"I'm waiting, Mr. Hastings. What would make a 3-year-old a criminal? What threat could a 3-year-old pose to the national security of the United States of America, which spent about $2 billion a day last year on military weapons and personnel?"

". . ."

"Are you saying the United States is so weak and frail that it could be taken down by a 3-year-old?"

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
16. There are times when you not only call a person a dumbass to their face, but do it
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 06:41 PM
Jul 2019

with one's face contorting and veins bursting in one's face and neck. If I met that official I would call him a dumbass in the most agressive way possible.

elocs

(22,600 posts)
17. Which is a greater national security threat:
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 06:43 PM
Jul 2019

Russian interference in our elections or a 3 year old or even adult coming across our southern border seeking asylum?

gtar100

(4,192 posts)
19. Well, we know which ones the republicans are putting money into.
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 07:48 PM
Jul 2019

And it's not the Russian interference with our elections. It benefits republicans so they're willing to overlook that issue.

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
25. This is what the United States has become?
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 08:27 PM
Jul 2019

We need to correct this ASAP.

Shakes head, disgusted by it all.

barbtries

(28,811 posts)
26. when they talk like this
Fri Jul 26, 2019, 08:30 PM
Jul 2019

is when it starts to feel surreal, as if the country i was born and raised in is suddenly fiction. sometimes farce, sometimes tragedy, hard to read or watch...but not actually real.

he could not bring himself to admit that a 3 year old is harmless. omigawd.

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