Sen. Cruz bill would deal with the separation of children at the border

Washington Examiner Editorial:
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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has drafted a bill that Trump should support. It would require that families be kept together once apprehended, "absent aggravated criminal conduct or threat of harm to the children."

It’s easy enough to change the policy. The tricky part is to come up with a way of doing so that doesn’t sacrifice enforcement of immigration law. Cruz’s bill seems to strike the right balance.

It would double the number of immigration judges to 750 to accelerate processing of asylum claims to 14 days or fewer. This minimizes time spent in detention. To prevent even brief family separations, the bill also authorizes ICE to use shelters where intact families can be accommodated together.

Trump’s initial response to this bill has not been good. He reportedly said that “ultimately, we have to have a real border, not judges.” But, given the massive backlog of immigration cases, more judges will be needed anyway. And as anyone may claim asylum at any legal point of entry along the border, the new judges, whom Trump would appoint, will be as important as ever if Trump does get his “real border.”

A real problem seems to be that Trump wants to use the separating of families to get further policy concessions from Democrats. This might have seemed politically shrewd, but it appears to be backfiring. And anyway, it is morally dubious. It is also a big miscalculation because it overestimates the sincerity of Democrats' concern for those who are being detained. Democrats, especially their leaders, will gladly call Trump's bluff and perpetuate the unpopular policy and its associated suffering, and use them for political purposes, to raise money and stoke public outrage in the run-up to the midterm congressional elections. They and former President Barack Obama did this again and again in the run up to the 2010, 2012, and 2014 elections.
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I suspect the Democrats probably hate the Cruz bill more than Trump does because it takes away an issue.  But Trump should support the bill despite his reservations because he is going to need it even if he gets full funding for his wall.  The Asylum seekers will still be knocking on the doors of the wall making their asylum claim even if there is a wall.   Cruz bill would at least expose the Democrats attempt to weaponize empathy is a bogus issue.

The bill proposed by Sen. Diane Feinstein could lead to child trafficking and make it legal.

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