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Biden task force has reunited 52 families separated under Trump

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 6:08 pm
by CharlesPhipps
Biden task force has reunited 52 families separated under Trump: report – The Biden administration’s Family Reunification Task Force has reportedly reunited 52 families that were separated under Trump, up from just seven families in June

https://thehill.com/homenews/administra ... nder-trump

This is out of 1,500 or more.

I am...underwhelmed.

Re: Biden task force has reunited 52 families separated under Trump

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:44 pm
by ProfessorDetective
Progress is progress... But let's hope they pick up the pace.

Re: Biden task force has reunited 52 families separated under Trump

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:56 pm
by clearspira
Gee, if only they had stayed in their own country instead of fleeing... the 11th richest country in the world. Then maybe they would still be together.

Re: Biden task force has reunited 52 families separated under Trump

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 10:46 pm
by TGLS
clearspira wrote: Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:56 pm Gee, if only they had stayed in their own country instead of fleeing... the 11th richest country in the world. Then maybe they would still be together.
Most of these people are fleeing El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, which are 112th, 114th and 77th respectively.

Re: Biden task force has reunited 52 families separated under Trump

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 2:01 am
by CharlesPhipps
clearspira wrote: Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:56 pm Gee, if only they had stayed in their own country instead of fleeing... the 11th richest country in the world. Then maybe they would still be together.
I'm imagining someone in the 1930s making this argument for refugees. Its not a good look.

Also....crazy fact.

Why is it a bad thing if someone wants to move to a place to improve their lives? You're acting like wanting to live in the US is a bad thing.

Re: Biden task force has reunited 52 families separated under Trump

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:05 am
by BridgeConsoleMasher
clearspira wrote: Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:56 pm Gee, if only they had stayed in their own country instead of fleeing... the 11th richest country in the world. Then maybe they would still be together.
Which country are you referring to?

Re: Biden task force has reunited 52 families separated under Trump

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:20 am
by TGLS
BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:05 am
clearspira wrote: Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:56 pm Gee, if only they had stayed in their own country instead of fleeing... the 11th richest country in the world. Then maybe they would still be together.
Which country are you referring to?
Mexico probably

Re: Biden task force has reunited 52 families separated under Trump

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:25 am
by BridgeConsoleMasher
TGLS wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:20 am
BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:05 am
clearspira wrote: Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:56 pm Gee, if only they had stayed in their own country instead of fleeing... the 11th richest country in the world. Then maybe they would still be together.
Which country are you referring to?
Mexico probably
Well yeah I'm sure there was actually a place he was referring to. I'm still not certain what he means by 11th richest country... Or at least what that has to do with anything.

Re: Biden task force has reunited 52 families separated under Trump

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 4:03 am
by TGLS
BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:25 am
TGLS wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:20 am
BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:05 am
clearspira wrote: Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:56 pm Gee, if only they had stayed in their own country instead of fleeing... the 11th richest country in the world. Then maybe they would still be together.
Which country are you referring to?
Mexico probably
Well yeah I'm sure there was actually a place he was referring to. I'm still not certain what he means by 11th richest country... Or at least what that has to do with anything.
Mexico has about the 11th highest GDP of all the countries. This is kind of irrelevant because:
1) The per capita amount is the important part
2) The refugees are coming from poorer Central American countries

Re: Biden task force has reunited 52 families separated under Trump

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2021 4:10 am
by McAvoy
TGLS wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 4:03 am
BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:25 am
TGLS wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:20 am
BridgeConsoleMasher wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:05 am
clearspira wrote: Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:56 pm Gee, if only they had stayed in their own country instead of fleeing... the 11th richest country in the world. Then maybe they would still be together.
Which country are you referring to?
Mexico probably
Well yeah I'm sure there was actually a place he was referring to. I'm still not certain what he means by 11th richest country... Or at least what that has to do with anything.
Mexico has about the 11th highest GDP of all the countries. This is kind of irrelevant because:
1) The per capita amount is the important part
2) The refugees are coming from poorer Central American countries
Even then, leaving Mexico to find jobs in the US? Oh no!