trump & company embarrassing the United States

I'm not sure why you are bothering either, but you still are. I've shared plenty of links with reputable sources and evidence.  But because it doesn't fit your agenda, you don't deem the sources worthy. That's not how it works.  

harris and biden's administration has hundreds of thousands of children that are missing and/or unaccounted for.  Even one child is too many in my opinion!! That's the problem with kalama's border crisis, why haven't they, the 300,000 children (according to your article), received a notice to show up in court? Why haven't the 32,000 that DID receive a notice show up in court?  Why hasn't ICE gone out and looked for these children?  Because they are overwhelmed by 10+million illegals surging over the border in the past 4 years. 

A "paperwork problem"?  Are you really under the delusion that NONE of these children are being trafficked? Why hasn't this administration tried to find them? Because they don't give a shit about them.  It makes me sick that there is so little regard for these children by biden/harris. homeland.house.gov/2024/11/21/hhs-whistleblower-retired-border-patrol-agent-counter-trafficking-expert-testify-on-biden-harris-refusal-to-protect-unaccompanied-alien-children/

You know what stops children from being unaccounted for?  Stopping the illegal traffic into this country, which Trump and Homan are going to do their best to do!!

You know who did lose children? Trump when he separated children at the border then didn't keep track of the parents and made ot extremely difficult for them to be reunited.  That was obama

And we keep repeating the facts about the fetanayl crisis, that most of it is carried over the border by American born citizens, but that important fact seems to fall on deaf ears, too.  China is providing the ingredients for Mexico the make the fentanyl and the cartels are making sure it gets across.  If Americans are stupid enough to be mules for the cartels, then we need to imprison them for that. But that's not the only way it's getting across....

www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2020-03/DEA_GOV_DIR-008-20%20Fentanyl%20Flow%20in%20the%20United%20States_0.pdf

CHINA

Currently, China remains the primary source of fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances trafficked through

international mail and express consignment operations environment, as well as the main source for all

fentanyl-related substances trafficked into the United States. Seizures of fentanyl sourced from China

average less than one kilogram in weight, and often test above 90 percent concentration of pure fentanyl.

(U) FIGURE 1. FENTANYL FLOW TO THE UNITED STATES 2019

Source: DEA

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DEA Intelligence Report

As Beijing and the Hong Kong Special Autonomous Region (SAR) place restrictions on more precursor

chemicals, Mexican transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) are diversifying their sources of supply.

This is evidenced by fentanyl shipments from India allegedly destined for Mexico. On May 4, 2018,

the Hong Kong SAR updated their drug law to control the fentanyl precursors 4-anilino-N-phenethyl-4-

piperidine (ANPP) and N-phenethyl-4-piperidone (NPP) as well as the synthetic opioid U-47700. This

matches China’s scheduling of ANPP and NPP on July 1, 2017. The move by the Hong Kong SAR is

considerable, since synthetic opioids produced and shipped from China may transit the Hong Kong SAR

en route to the United States.

Yes. Even a president with wide foreign policy experience would have a tough time dealing with China. It’s a wild card for sure. Xi is cagey, and dangerous. And now, Trump will have to figure out what to do-if anything-in Syria. That could go either way, but if an absolute Islamist govt. takes over(right now it doesn’t look like it will, but who knows?), it could become a powder keg. It is a dangerous time to have a president like Trump.

This is the post that I was responding to.  Your usual mo is to blame migrants for the fentanyl crisis.  I was only trying to point out that in fact, natural born American citizens are responsible for the majority of the fentanyl crossing the border.

China as the source of the fentanyl does not change who is bringing the drugs across the border.

I didn't try to claim that no children are missing, only that it's not remotely close to 300,000 as you, Trump and Vance keep claiming.  I have not seen any evidence that more children are being trafficked under the Biden administration in comparison to Trump or Obama.  But maybe you're one of the crazy Q-anon believers that think prominent Democrats and Hollywood stars are in charge of a sex trafficking ring.  If that is the case, that might explain a lot.  

The Republicans on the Homeland Security committee are not an unbiased or reliable source.  Nor is a single whistleblower.  It's not about sources being deemed worthy, it's about responsible, ethical journalism with a minimal amount of bias.  Republicans in the House are hardly an accurate source of information.  Here is some information on media bias.  BBC, the Hill, Reuters and the news section of the Wall Street Journal are generally reliable, center sources.  NPR, Pro Publica, Politico, The Washington Post, the New York Times news sections all lean slightly to the left.  

mediabiasfactcheck.com/center/

www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart


And no, Obama did not have a family separation policy.  It was Trump who separated children at the border, some of whom could not be reunited with parents.  The Biden administration has been reuniting as many as possible.

www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-fact-check-obama-didnt-have-a-family-separation-policy

THE FACTS: Obama did not have a separation policy. The Trump administration didn’t, explicitly, either, but that was the effect of zero tolerance, which meant that anyone caught crossing the border illegally was to be criminally prosecuted, even if they had few or no previous offenses.

The policy meant adults were taken to court for criminal proceedings and their children were separated. In most cases, if the charge took longer than 72 hours to process, which is the longest time that children can be held by Customs and Border Protection, children were sent into the care of the Health and Human Services Department. Zero tolerance remains in effect, but Trump signed an executive order June 20 that stopped separations.


apnews.com/article/biden-politics-united-states-government-donald-trump-mexico-2665290109390540a2c7cd3a6efcfa99

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Biden administration task force designed to reunite children separated from their families during President Trump’s presidency has reconnected nearly 700 children with their families, officials said Thursday.


And I know that nothing I say, no information that I post with evidence to back it up will change your mind.  The left leaning news sources can't be trusted, right?  Or alternative facts. Or history changes. Or some other excuse.

My only hope is that maybe someone else reading this thread will see that what you are posting is not accurate and in some cases, blatantly false and easily disproven.  

I was only trying to point out that in fact, natural born American citizens are responsible for the majority of the fentanyl crossing the border.  Read my last post (which I’m sure you already did but didn’t comprehend apparently). 

I didn't try to claim that no children are missing, only that it's not remotely close to 300,000 as you, Trump and Vance keep claiming.  I said unaccounted for. And that is not wrong. The numbers are near or over 300k altogether. But again, isn’t even ONE child unaccounted for one too many in your opinion? I know that you have a heart and are not dismissing that these precious children are God knows where, with God knows who, having God knows what being done to them. 

And I know that nothing I say, no information that I post with evidence will change your mind. The right leaning news sources, can’t be trusted, right?

See how that works? 

I'm not the one with a reading comprehension problem.  You responded to my post about natural born American citizens bringing fentanyl across the border with information about the source of fentanyl.  

I'm not dismissing child trafficking.  Only trying to point out that your claim that 300,000 children are missing or unaccounted for is false.  They just didn't show up to court for any number of reasons that probably don't involve child trafficking.  The majority of the children are most likely at the address listed in the paperwork.  Also, the report covers the timeframe when Trump was in office.  What did he do to "find" these "unaccounted" children?

www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-claims-biden-lost-300000-migrant-children-fact-check/

Republicans began making claims that more than 300,000 unaccompanied children had been "lost" after the Department of Homeland Security released a report in August which showed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, did not serve notices to appear in court to 291,000 children between fiscal year 2019 and May 2024.

Additionally, 32,000 unaccompanied children failed to show up for immigration court dates from fiscal year 2019 to 2023.

Notably, around half of this period occurred when Trump was president. The report did not specify the number of children who missed court appearances under each administration.

While the DHS report stated that children who do not attend their court hearings can be at a higher risk of being trafficked or exploited, it did not say that the total 323,000 children referenced are unaccounted for or missing.

In response to the DHS report, ICE said delays in issuing court notices to some of 291,000 unaccompanied children may stem from some being eligible to apply for asylum or legal status. In some cases, that process might be allowed to play out before ICE sends them a court date to begin removal proceedings.

"This is not a 'missing kids' problem; it's a 'missing paperwork' problem," said Jonathan Beier, an associate director of research at the Acacia Center for Justice's Unaccompanied Children Program, which helps represent migrant children.

In the cases of the 32,000 minors who missed immigration court dates, experts on immigration law explained that these minors could miss court for numerous reasons, including that they did not receive their notice to appear because ICE did not have their correct address on file.

Sometimes there are communication failures between ICE and other government agencies — including the Department of Health and Human Services, which is entrusted with finding children living arrangements with a shelter or sponsor while they await legal proceedings.

"I think for the most part, many of these children have been placed with loving family members," said Raul Pinto, deputy legal director for transparency at the American Immigration Council.



www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj0jlre7mymo

According to immigration experts and attorneys, the claims largely stem from an August report from the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general's office, which found that 32,000 unaccompanied minors failed to show up for court dates at immigration courts from 2019-23.

The report noted that 291,000 migrant children received no court notices at all. It also called on the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to "take immediate action to ensure the safety" of unaccompanied migrant children in the US.

Migrant children "who do not appear for court are considered at higher risk for trafficking, exploitation, or forced labor", the inspector general's office reported.
But Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, policy director at the American Immigration Council, a migrant advocacy group, told the BBC the figures are indicative of a bureaucratic "paperwork issue" rather than "anything nefarious".

"When you hear the phrase 'missing', you think that there is a child that someone is trying to find and can't," he said.

"That's not the case here. The government has not made any effort to find these children."

Many of the children, experts say, may well be at the addresses that are on file with the government, but were simply unable to make their court dates.

"That doesn't mean something bad happened to them," Mr Reichlin-Melnick said. "It means you missed a court hearing."



What information or links have you shared to back up your claims about the missing children or the number of undocumented immigrants crossing the border other than the unreliable, biased Republicans on the House committee? I can't comment on the reliability of your sources if you don't post any.  See how that works?

It’s not worth it. But hey, we’ve got someone to keep us up to date on how many additional children go missing over the next 4 years. With the amount of deportations she is expecting, you know there will be children, American citizen children, involved. Like the ones in that 2018-2020 period, apparently mentioned in the report. And it would be an absolute tragedy for their disappearances to go unnoticed, correct?

Reason one million and one why we need immigration reform. Unfortunately, Trump cared more about campaigning on the issue than he did actually fixing the problem. The bills passed over the years leave lots of gaps and have problems that need to be fixed by Congress.

Also worth repeating.  Trump is the one who actually lost children with the zero tolerance policy that separated families and the administration's failure to keep track of parents after separation.  The Biden administration is still trying to reunite families.  And neither President Clinton nor President Obama had a family separation policy.  Another example of Trump projecting and accusing others of things for which he is guilty.


www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/jun/21/blog-posting/no-bill-clinton-law-separating-families/

There is no law separating children from their parents when they enter the country illegally. The Trump administration chose to pursue that outcome as a result of its zero-tolerance policy.


www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-claims-biden-lost-300000-migrant-children-fact-check/

By law, after unaccompanied minors from foreign countries are detained at the border, they're quickly turned over to the care Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement, which aims to place children in "the least restrictive setting that is in the best interests of the child."

The office attempts to release children to sponsors, which can include parents, relatives and guardians, and federal policy dictates that the government vet these sponsors via interviews or background checks.

Despite these safeguards, some migrant children have ended up in unsafe situations, though the exact number is not known.

It's also protocol for the refugee resettlement office to follow up with sponsors around 30 days after the child's release, but a percentage of these phone calls have gone unanswered during the Biden and Trump administrations.

Both Republicans and Democrats have previously cited these missed calls to make claims that unaccompanied children were lost by those administrations. However, unanswered calls do not necessarily equate to these children being missing or in danger, experts say.

"It does not mean that the child's in an unsafe place. It means someone didn't answer the phone," said Jennifer Podkul, chief of global policy and advocacy for Kids in Need of Defense, an organization providing legal representation for unaccompanied children.



immigrantjustice.org/research-items/explainer-final-regulations-care-unaccompanied-children-federal-custody-0

Since 1997, the Flores settlement agreement has set basic standards of care for the custody, care, and release of all children in federal immigration custody, including unaccompanied immigrant children. The Trump administration tried and failed to eviscerate this settlement, by replacing it with regulations that further endangered children. On April 30, 2024, the Biden administration published its own final regulations, which govern the care of unaccompanied children in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) custody. The final rule codifies — and in some respect expands — protections for unaccompanied children in ORR custody. Unfortunately, it also leaves critical gaps in oversight, transparency, and licensing.

He's such an ignoramus.

It's this attitude he seems to have that he feels he's superior to all and everyone so he doesn't need to bother with simple manners and respect. 

You make a good point there 😄