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Inside Casa Padre, the converted Walmart where the US is holding nearly 1,500 immigrant children

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  1. [5]
    PlatoLake
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    Remember folks, the Republicans are the party of "Family Values"!

    While most are teenagers who entered the United States alone, dozens of others — often younger — were forcibly separated from their parents at the border by a new Trump administration “zero tolerance” policy.

    Remember folks, the Republicans are the party of "Family Values"!

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    1. [2]
      flip
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      The most horrifying part to me was the agents taking the kids away "for a bath". An eerie resemblance with the MO of a nasty group. And the "family values" thing went out the window the moment the...

      The most horrifying part to me was the agents taking the kids away "for a bath". An eerie resemblance with the MO of a nasty group.

      And the "family values" thing went out the window the moment the GOP supported Trump. Hard to find someone as opposed to Christian values as he is.

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      1. Diet_Coke
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        I caught that too. Think of the type of person that would apply for the border patrol or ICE after Trump's election. No doubt that correlation was intended.

        I caught that too. Think of the type of person that would apply for the border patrol or ICE after Trump's election. No doubt that correlation was intended.

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      RespectMyAuthoriteh
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      The Obama administration had children being held in cages back in 2014. Does that bother you also, or only when Republicans do it?

      The Obama administration had children being held in cages back in 2014. Does that bother you also, or only when Republicans do it?

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      1. PlatoLake
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        Of course it bothers me. Regardless of which president is currently the figurehead it's really ICE that's building these arcane detention centers. In fact Obama deported more illegal immigrants...

        Of course it bothers me. Regardless of which president is currently the figurehead it's really ICE that's building these arcane detention centers. In fact Obama deported more illegal immigrants than Bush II did. This shouldn't be a partisan issue but it is relevant to discuss the current administration's positions, isn't it?

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    redikulous
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    I find it interesting that back in 2016 Walmart announced they would be closing 154 stores and now they seem to being used to house illegal immigrants?
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    1. Luna
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      Wal-Mart properties don't tend to be very valuable, and ICE doesn't need high-quality facilities for what they do, they just need lots of space. It is an interesting mental image though, one of...

      Wal-Mart properties don't tend to be very valuable, and ICE doesn't need high-quality facilities for what they do, they just need lots of space.

      It is an interesting mental image though, one of the most iconic American brands having old stores used to deport people from a nation founded by immigrants.

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