Texas state police officers separated migrant families along the border with Mexico by detaining fathers on trespassing charges and turning over mothers and children to federal officials, the state Department of Public Safety said Thursday.

  • tallwookie@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    they’re illegal aliens - not migrants.

    entering the country outside of an approved border crossing = illegal. attempting to emigrate by illegally crossing the border into another country gets you locked up and deported back to your country of origin. non-citizens who illegally enter the country have no rights in the country they’re illegally entering.

    there are perfectly legal methods of obtaining a valid visa or other immigration documentation. if you choose to ignore that and illegally enter the country you’re going to end up in a cage.

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      1 year ago

      there are perfectly legal methods of obtaining a valid visa or other immigration documentation.

      Extremely difficult legal methods that rarely work out, especially if you’re poor and not from Europe.

      You might as well just say, “only rich people should be allowed to emigrate.”