Trump on Asylum Seekers: Hysterical, Shortsighted, Wrong

Expand Honduran migrants rest in the main square of Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas state, Mexico, on October 19, 2018. © 2018 Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images The people in the Central American caravan making their way to the US border with Mexico are facing real life-and-death issues that need to be addressed. What they don’t need is to be overshadowed by posturing and threats, particularly from the President of the United States. Look at these three tweets, sent by President Donald Trump: Anybody entering the United States illegally will be arrested and detained, prior to being sent back to their country!…

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