First things first: Donald Trump is Satan. Melania? Mrs. Satan. Just wanna get that out of the way.
And yet, according to Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services, there is no record of Michelle Obama ever visiting a child detention center at the border. Mrs. Satan did just that.
How, you may ask, is that possible?
Nobody knows.
Both Obamas have criticized Beezel– I mean, Trump, for the enforcement of a law passed in 2008, and its 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reinterpretation during Barack’s tenure as president (see more of an explanation of the law here).
The Obamas, you may recall, are purest of snow. Surely, you have read as much.
Nevertheless, Barack’s administration detained thousands of kids in cages, prompting lawsuits.
In fact, immigration lawyers have admitted Obama used detention centers as a maneuvering tactic.
Thread: How did we get here?
In 2015, I shook President Obama’s hand, thanked him for DACA, and asked him to reverse course & close the for-profit baby jails (also known as “family detention centers”) he opened in Dilley & Karnes City, Texas. What he said shook me to my core 1/ pic.twitter.com/K5vi6S2RPj— R. Andrew Free (@ImmCivilRights) June 19, 2018
2/ Specifically, I told him, “It’s wrong. And it’s going to be a stain on your legacy.” He stopped moving on to the next person in the rope line and looked back at me. I’d gotten his attention. He turned back, looked at me and “Are you an immigration lawyer?” “Yes”
— R. Andrew Free (@ImmCivilRights) June 19, 2018
3/ Just days before, President Obama’s senior immigration policy advisor @cecmunoz had received a chilly welcome during her keynote address to the @AILANational annual conference attendees in National Harbor. She was greeted with silent protest & signs saying #EndFamilyDetention
— R. Andrew Free (@ImmCivilRights) June 19, 2018
4/ I later learned that her meeting with senior AILA attorneys had been testy to say the least. See, Obama had previously timed great news, like #DACA to coincide with the AILA annual conferences. We all watched ecstatic in Nashville in 2012 as he announced it on giant screens.
— R. Andrew Free (@ImmCivilRights) June 19, 2018
5/ So the President’s immediate association of “End Family Detention” with immigration lawyers wasn’t random. He’d been told and believed we were basically the only ones who’d care, and even then, it would be a minority of us that wouldn’t extract from him a political cost.
— R. Andrew Free (@ImmCivilRights) June 19, 2018
6/ So when I said “Yes”, the President looked back and engaged: “I’ll tell you what we can’t have. It’s these parents sending their kids here on a dangerous journey and putting their lives at risk.”
— R. Andrew Free (@ImmCivilRights) June 19, 2018
That’s called a “deterrent.”
Obama and Trump used both family detention and separation — I explain here.
As in the case of Barack, despite the severity of the deterring, caged detainment, there exists no evidence of Michelle visiting the centers which held accompanied and unaccompanied minors.
Melania made such a visit.
Melania Trump Has Visited 100 Percent More Child Detention Centers Than Michelle Obama https://t.co/0fR0dvgR7I pic.twitter.com/vjtulrB2xA
— The Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) June 22, 2018
Sadly, the media are more interested in her jacket.
I supose that’s what happens, though, when your Lucifer’s missus.
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