John Kelly wants mass deportation and given his record, thats no surprise

Very good article, Worth the time to read.




John Kelly wants mass deportation — and given his record, that’s no surprise
Still think he’s a “grownup”? Kelly’s new effort to deport an entire class of immigrants fits a long, ugly history

https://www.salon.com/2017/11/10/john-kelly-wants-mass-deportation-and-given-his-record-thats-no-surprise/?utm_source=spotim&utm_medium=spotim_recirculation&spotim_referrer=social_rail


Heather Digby Parton 11.10.2017•7:10 AM



..................Trump is accompanied on this trip by White House chief of staff John Kelly who is a hardcore drug warrior himself, going back before his time at the Department of Homeland Security to his Marine Corps days as the head of the Southern Command, which oversees U.S. forces in Central and South America. He's probably as impressed with Duterte's efficiency in dealing with the problem as Trump is. He's certainly not one to be overcome with sympathy or compassion for his fellow man.






The Washington Post reported on Thursday that Kelly took time out of his busy schedule in Japan to pressure Elaine Duke, the acting director of Homeland Security, to expel tens of thousands of Hondurans living in the United States. She had decided to extend the residency permits for these people for six months; many of them have been in the country for decades under the temporary protected status program (TPS). The Post article reports that Duke refused and told Kelly she is resigning, although she was only confirmed last April.

There are 50,000 Haitians and 200,000 Salvadorans still awaiting decisions on their TPS status as well. The Trump administration wants these people out, on the premise that no "temporary" program should be permanent and they should all go back to their countries of origin no matter how long they've been here. To be clear, these are not "illegal immigrants." These people have lived here legally, working and contributing to the nation for years. Anti-immigration zealots want to force them to upend their lives all over again simply so to make a political point.

Kelly has been particularly hard on refugees from Central America. Like Trump, he apparently believes they are a bad element bringing in crime, drugs and even terrorism. He has often spoken about the region's broken societies but seems entirely unsympathetic to people who try to leave in order to make better lives for their families.

Kelly has been adamantly opposed to allowing refugee status for any Central American migrants, even forcing women with children, with no criminal records, to return to their home countries to face persecution and violence. He has said that such immigrants "parrot well-worn phrases to get a shot at staying in the United States."......................................................




UNITE HERE #SaveTPS?Verified account @unitehere

Here's who Trump's Chief of Staff tried getting expelled from the country.

53,500 U.S.-born children would be losing their parents if John Kelly gets his way.

Don't care about that? What about the $31.3 BILLION in U.S. GDP that'd be lost over 10 years? #SaveTPS

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