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Racist congressman Steve King attacks immigrant children for not turning in their parents
Racist congressman Steve King attacks immigrant children for not turning in their parents
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By Kaili Joy Gray | August 29, 2017
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The unapologetically racist Iowa Rep. Steve King is Donald Trump’s best ally in Congress when it comes to persecuting immigrants.
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But on Monday, during an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo, King went a step further, demanding that those children turn over their parents to law enforcement and seek to have their own families deported.
KING: Their presence here means either they or their parents didn’t respect the rule of law, and no, they didn’t all come as kids. Some did. Many didn’t. There are up to 37 years old now. MS-13 didn’t wait until they were 18 before they brought them into the United States. And a vast majority of MS-13 are illegal aliens.
CUOMO: Look, MS-13 is a real gang, it’s a criminal organization. We’re not talking about them. They’re criminals. They’re violent. What they do is an extension of their criminality. They should be judged a certain way. When you find gangbangers, you get rid of them. Nobody argues about that. It’s about these other kids who came in as kids. And they’re just supposed to turn themselves in 10 years later when they realize how they got here? You think that’s what America’s about, Congressman?
KING: What about their parents then? If it was against their will, then it had to be their parents that are responsible. And I’m still waiting for the first DACA recipient to say so and sign an affidavit that says, “I didn’t really do this of my own accord. My parents brought me in. They should have the law enforced against them. Give me amnesty.” I’m not hearing that from the DACA people.
King’s overt disdain for immigrants is ugly and un-American, and trying to find ways to punish them has been one of his top priorities for years. ......................
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