Joey Mendez Soc 122

Joey Mendez

Soc 122

May 17 2018

Discussion Paper

In this Article the Trump administration is considering holding immigrant children on military bases after being caught trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border with their family. They are planning to separate these children from their families if they are caught trying to cross the border without authorization. The bases they are potentially going to hold these children are in Texas and Arkansas. This is not the first time we have to do something like this before. Defense Department facilities have been used in this manner before even before Trump became the president. During the Obama presidency we had to do something in the manner. The Administration for Children and Families at HSS said that there needs to be care for the minors who are without their families and that their need to be routine evaluating. They also talk about how their need to be an existing of approximately 100 shelters and that they need to be evaluated by federal agencies. Kristjen Nielsen defended an agency policy that will result in more families being separated. He testified at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs COmmittee hearing where people on both sides of the aisle were concerned about what would happened to these children who end up in custody. She talks about how their policy is that if you break the law, then you will be punished. People have the decision to go to a port of entry and cross not illegally into the country. It is their choice on what they decide to do but if they are caught trying to cross without permission and illegally then they will be punished for their actions. These people are putting their family in danger because of their own decisions. Yeah of course the want to experience life on the other side of the border and get the same opportunity as everyone else, but ultimately they are putting their families lives in danger.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/15/politics/children-military-bases/index.html