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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 07:02 PM Jan 2017

Why detain them at the airports? Why not just put them on the next plane home?

Especially since most of the people who are getting detained are guilty of nothing but flying to this country on the wrong day.

The sad thing is, if a group like ISIS actually wants to terrorize this country, Trump's policy can't stop them. They'll inevitably find some other way.

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Why detain them at the airports? Why not just put them on the next plane home? (Original Post) Ken Burch Jan 2017 OP
The only terror around is being caused by marybourg Jan 2017 #1
Totally true!!! nt avebury Jan 2017 #2
it would deprive an airline of a seat. Corporate power irisblue Jan 2017 #3
It is called rule of law. Wellstone ruled Jan 2017 #4
Thanks for that. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #8
He's terrorizing them. He wants to generate fear. Tatiana Jan 2017 #5
All the refugees are going to Canada HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #6
I hope Canada will take in American refugees, if the time comes Freethinker65 Jan 2017 #7
They are not excluding anyone based on nationality HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #11
Canadians have covered American ass before. irisblue Jan 2017 #9
Home? Where exactly do you think their home is? LisaL Jan 2017 #10
Several tweets saying the detained are handcuffed, their phones searched, asked about Trump deminks Jan 2017 #12
Because many of them live here. RedWedge Jan 2017 #13
That is true. Ken Burch Jan 2017 #15
They did, at Philadelphia Airport. Demit Jan 2017 #14

irisblue

(32,975 posts)
3. it would deprive an airline of a seat. Corporate power
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 07:09 PM
Jan 2017

I bet a passenger who gets bumped on an international flight gets big make up perks. Foreign airlines would be a bigger problem then Anerican carriers.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
4. It is called rule of law.
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 07:10 PM
Jan 2017

As your local TSA person,BTW,local Law Enforcement detains anyone that falls under Trumps Hate order.

 

HoneyBadger

(2,297 posts)
6. All the refugees are going to Canada
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 07:13 PM
Jan 2017


TORONTO (AP) -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a message for refugees rejected by U.S. President Donald Trump: Canada will take you.

He also intends to talk to Trump about the success of Canada's refugee policy.

Trudeau reacted to Trump's ban of Muslims from certain countries by tweeting Saturday: "To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada."

Trudeau also posted a picture of him greeting a Syrian child at Toronto's airport in late 2015. Trudeau oversaw the arrival of more than 39,000 Syrian refugees soon after he was elected.

A spokeswoman for Trudeau said Trudeau has a message for Trump.

"The Prime Minister is looking forward to discussing the successes of Canada's immigration and refugee policy with the President when they next speak," Trudeau spokeswoman Kate Purchase told The Associated Press.

Trudeau is expected to the visit the White House soon.

The prime minister has refrained from criticizing Trump to avoid offending the new president. More than 75 percent of Canada's exports go to the U.S.

Toronto Mayor John Tory also weighed in, noting that the city is the most diverse in the world.

"We understand that as Canadians we are almost all immigrants, and that no one should be excluded on the basis of their ethnicity or nationality," Tory said in a statement.
 

HoneyBadger

(2,297 posts)
11. They are not excluding anyone based on nationality
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 07:21 PM
Jan 2017

I drove through Champlain to Canada 5x the last year. Am a US citizen, but entering Canada is always easy, returning to the US is the tough part. Requires a passport and typically, emptying the car.

irisblue

(32,975 posts)
9. Canadians have covered American ass before.
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 07:19 PM
Jan 2017

They smuggled out a bunch of diplomats from Tehran in 79 & they keep a whole bunch of us safe& fed when the American sky closed on 9/11 for a week in Gander, a fairly small town.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
10. Home? Where exactly do you think their home is?
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 07:19 PM
Jan 2017

The one guy released from JFK today, his family was allowed into US.
So you want him to be send back while his family stays in US?

deminks

(11,014 posts)
12. Several tweets saying the detained are handcuffed, their phones searched, asked about Trump
Sat Jan 28, 2017, 07:21 PM
Jan 2017

how's that for scary.


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