So, in other words, they didn’t care all that much about separation, because when the separation is rectified, that too is awful. All those on the Left really want is the full release of all illegal immigrants with children. End of story.
How do we know that? Because they weren’t nearly as nonplussed by the Obama administration policy keeping children with parents in detention as they are by Trump’s same exact policy prescription. Here’s Rep. Luis Guttierez (D-IL) explaining: “We challenged Obama…You know, Jeh Johnson, the Secretary of Homeland Security, said I only can keep children in detention for 20 days. And here’s what the Obama administration began to do, 20 days detention for children, as they apply for their asylum request, right, and the children and the moms were released together.”
This is the agenda. Release everyone. That’s why Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was willing to allow the separation policy to continue rather than work with Republicans in Congress to fix it.
The separation policy is bad. It should be fixed. But that’s not the actual Democratic agenda. And a solid percentage of the histrionics from the media and the Democrats were crocodile tears.