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Actually, no. That came from the Clinton campaign. Also, whether you choose to believe President Obama's birth certificate is real, or not, this is worth watching:

Working to undermine an individual President is not the same thing as working to undermine the Constitution. Important distinction.

Then do it, Joe. There's nothing stopping you.

I expect people to make more compelling arguments. I expect people to get involved and influence policy makers. I don't think it should be very difficult to convince people who are even the smallest bit curious or open minded or compassionate that slavery and child sex trafficking are great evils that we have the ability to curb drastically, for the betterment of the lives of the most vulnerable people on the planet. Again, it's your responsibility, Joe. It's my responsibility.

By anyone. It is the responsibility of civic minded Americans to make this case when others won't. Again, it's not the media's job to report what you want them to report on platforms that you don't own. So, Joe, it's your job. It's your responsibility. You won't win over everyone, but you don't need to. That's how freedom works.

Because they haven't had the problem properly explained to them, Happy. Or do you believe that only 25% of the country is repulsed by the idea of children being sold into sex slavery?

People are allowed to have opinions you don't like, Joe. And they're allowed to broadcast those opinions using platforms that they own. And they're allowed to be wrong, and they're allowed to spin things in a way that benefits their preferred political views. In fact, them being allowed to do so is the only reason that you're allowed to do so. The same laws and system which protect them, also protect you. You never answered my questions in regards to how your preferred scenario plays out in an adult way. You plugged your ears and pouted, and then suggested some sort of fairytale ending which completely ignores reality. So, in order to keep you honest, and to educate others, I'll again ask, for the third time, the questions you keep running away from: Do you think Donald Trump is going to be President forever? Perhaps King? Or do you think that at some point people who might disagree with you may hold office again, and use the powers you've assigned to this President against you to silence dissenters? Is this a tool you think President Obama or a Hillary Clinton Presidency should have had? Or will you pass a law which draws distinctions between different political ideologies, creating a political apartheid state where those with views differing from you don't enjoy having their rights protected? How does this play out in your warped dystopian world view? I know. Lot's of folks down here, yourself included, seem to be supporting modern day slavery and the sex trafficking of children. Sewer indeed.

The key differences here are that the President is working tirelessly to free and enable the most vulnerable Central and South Americans, who have no one else to champion them or their freedom and dignity. Which is exactly what Hitler did to the Jews?

That's perhaps the most obvious case of projection I've ever seen here. I've provided you with a wide range of sources and data, twice now, in this thread. You're lying that no data has been provided. Why are you opposed to ending slavery and the sex trafficking of the world's most vulnerable and at risk individuals, Gary? Because that's exactly what you're doing. You're aiding the darkness.

No. Reposted: First, two articles, one from a left leaning site, one from a right leaning site: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ana-davila/drug-cartels-where-human-trafficking-and-human-smuggling-meet-today_b_7588408.html https://us.blastingnews.com/news/2017/02/the-trafficking-of-children-at-the-mexican-border-001504697.html Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_Mexico Various government and international organizations: https://ncfy.acf.hhs.gov/library/2011/human-trafficking-sex-tourism-and-child-exploitation-southern-border https://www.unicefusa.org/mission/protect/trafficking http://www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/Factsheet_Mexico.pdf https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/human-trafficking

There's also the fact that the evil is so massive, and so present, that if a person acknowledges it, and does nothing, they become complicit. It's hard to come to terms with that. It does a real number on your sense of self and purpose, once you accept as true that this sort of evil exists. It's easier for the mind to deny it. Confronting evil is hard.

I don't believe it does. Freedom is slow rolling, and even today, as evidenced in the Separating Families thread, is still a work in progress. Juneteenth is a worthy benchmark of progress on that front, however, and I believe celebrating the victories on the road to ending enslavement is worthwhile, and helps us to remember why it is so important to free those still held in captivity.

For those of us who believe that freedom is the ultimate condition for humanity to thrive, Juneteenth is a truly great day in world history. Celebrate human freedom today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth

Van Buren?

They arrived at the trafficking objective prior to taking office. It was one of the main purposes of Trump's run, and is consistent with his foreign policy objectives, and executive orders he has signed which have been discussed on this board starting months ago. You are misinformed on the issue.

Yes, 10 percent, and I sourced the data to the World Bank's own reporting for you.

People coming here illegally are criminals. We have every right, and more, responsibility to detain them. Because of the nature of the circumstance, and the nature of the evil being combated, this is the best and most humane way to vet the situation. Do the research, Happy. Learn how vast the problem is in scope. Understand how the trafficking rings work. Then present me with a solution.

Everyone entering the country illegally is a criminal. This is what gives us the ability to vet the undocumented, return children to their parents, and break up trafficking rings. Do the research on this. I know you haven't done it, because you're posting emotional screeds. The Administration is fighting something horrible and systemic in this regard that has foundations and support within our government. Learn how trafficking works. Learn. It is pure darkness given form. Greg is very right. You have children being trafficked and held within a 5-10 mile radius of where you are standing right now. Learn!!! Stare the evil in it's face.

They are screaming because they are scared. The traffickers groom them, and normalize their mistreatment. They have been in transit with their traffickers for some time, and it is in the best interests of the traffickers to handle their captives in a way that makes their chains feel light, or non-existent, in order to prevent their detection. This is a very real evil. Stare it in the face. This is not to say that some portion of these children are being removed from their loving parents. Of course they are. But they are undocumented. There is no way of knowing which are which, and the child sex trafficking problem is very real. The people coming here are doing so illegally, so detention and separation is an unfortunate step in sorting the wheat from the chafe. It comes down to protecting the most vulnerable among us from very real predators. That's where the lines are being drawn. I'm on the side of the children. Whose side are you on?

Yes. First, two article, one from a left leaning site, one from a right leaning site: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ana-davila/drug-cartels-where-human-trafficking-and-human-smuggling-meet-today_b_7588408.html https://us.blastingnews.com/news/2017/02/the-trafficking-of-children-at-the-mexican-border-001504697.html Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_Mexico Various government and international organizations: https://ncfy.acf.hhs.gov/library/2011/human-trafficking-sex-tourism-and-child-exploitation-southern-border https://www.unicefusa.org/mission/protect/trafficking http://www.ecpat.org/wp-content/uploads/legacy/Factsheet_Mexico.pdf https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/human-trafficking

You may not be intending to support those things, Gary, but that's the unintended consequence of the policy you're advocating. There is a massive human trafficking problem directed through our southern border. The children involved are sold into slavery, and they have no advocates because they have been ripped away from their homes by animals, they don't speak the language, they have no identification, and they are immigrant minorities. They are literally the most at-risk group of people on the planet. They deserve our help.

Why are you supporting modern day slavery and child sex trafficking rings, Gary?

It's not about separating kids from their parents, it's about breaking up human trafficking rings, and stopping child sex trafficking.

Worse, they want them isolated in cages with the traffickers who wish to sell them into slavery. They don't realize that's what they want, but that's the outcome of their policy preferences.

Yes, a deterrent to child trafficking. From your own link: Again, there is a massive human/child trafficking issue in this country, which is global in total scope. The work this administration has been doing in KSA along with the DPRK has been working to address this. The domestic front of this battle is available publicly. The overwhelming majority of the trafficking, which exploits impoverished minority children as slaves, sexual and otherwise, passes through our southern border. Do not allow your reflexive desire to label conservatives evil to cloud this issue. I know you do not support slavery, or pedophilia. In fact, I believe you find both ideas abhorrent, and would want to fight against them. As such I implore you to do the research here. I implore you to join the fight for the lives and freedom of these impoverished children.