If the Keep Families Together Act passes, what is next step?

[oberliner]

That is to say, what should the policy be with respect to those who are fleeing violence in Honduras and other countries?

Assuming we are able to end the horrific practice of separating children from their parents, which should be (and is) the top priority right now for Democrats (and anyone else with a heart) - what then should US policy be with respect to them?

[drray23]

1. Families seeking asylum should not be separated

Instead kept in a reasonable family friendly facility or given temporary stay while waiting for adjudication on their asylum petition. That's how it used to work.

[oberliner]

2. Right - but I'm saying, assuming we are able to get that

What is next? There has been a sharp increase in asylum seekers from the Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.

[mercuryblues]

3. Well a normal president

would seek ways to work with those governments to stop the violence.

[oberliner]

4. That's a tall order - even for a normal president

[mercuryblues]

5. Yees, but at least they would try

the orange anus wont do a damned thing. Neither will republicans.

[shraby]

6. Dealing with people fleeing war, famine and other misfortunes in a neighboring country has been

occurring since time began. The neighboring countries as a rule set up some kind of shelter for the evacuees and arranged for help from other countries to provide food and medicines and another necessities for them.

It's totally wrong for the richest country in the world not to be able to provide the same for people fleeing to the safety of this country.

[oberliner]

7. So are you proposing building temporary shelters?

What about the asylum requests and refugee application process?

[shraby]

8. If we can't figure out how to deal with it, many other nations can give us pointers. We don't

have to be cruel and inhuman to a fellow human being. Nuf Said

[oberliner]

9. I agree

I am just curious to see what ideas folks at DU have about this subject.