We can’t with this woman. Seriously.
Alyssa Milano’s thread on families being separated reads like something from a movie … which of course means it’s a load of made-up, melodramatic nonsense.
SO MANY LIES BEING SPREAD BY TRUMP!
It's important for us to know the truth about Trump's immigration policy & how it compares to Bush/Obama's policies to be clear about what our demands should be.
I asked @Blibal to help me understand.
Here's what I learned: (THREAD) pic.twitter.com/Rk5kNUx5yV
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) June 19, 2018
Oh boy, this oughta NOT be good …
Kids being stolen from their parents in mass is new, and is entirely the result of Jeff Sessions' decision to prosecute all people crossing the border, including asylum-seekers and parents with kids.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) June 19, 2018
Wrong.
Laws that allow mass criminal prosecution of migrants have been on the books for decades-8 USC 1325 unlawful entry (misdemeanor punishable by up to 2 yrs) & 8 USC 1326, unlawful reentry (felony punishable up to 20 yrs depending on previous deportation and criminal history).
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) June 19, 2018
Ooh, she cited some laws.
However, these laws were enforced sparingly until 2005 when the Bush implemented Operation Streamline which mandated that most people in certain border sectors would be criminally prosecuted. The number spiked, were maintained and actually peaked in the Obama administration.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) June 19, 2018
They’re still laws, Alyssa.
Last year, 48% of all federal criminal prosecutions were for just these two petty immigration crimes. That's half of all charges in the ENTIRE federal criminal justice system, not just at the border. In border districts, these charges run 90-95% of charges.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) June 19, 2018
AKA still illegal.
Yup.
USA Today 2/23/17:
"Private prison companies, which stand to make big gains under President Trump’s tough new immigration orders, also have contributed big sums to pro-Trump groups, including the organization that raised a record $100 million for his inauguration last month."— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) June 19, 2018
EL OH EL.
Yes, it’s all a PLOT!
That’s why Obama was bragging about using this law as a means of deterring families in 2015.
Sure.
There are also an increasing number of of immigrants who are being prosecuted internally for the felony after returning to the US to be with their families and being picked up often in raids or through ICE-local law enforcement collaboration programs.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) June 19, 2018
Because they are breaking the law?
You know, it’s like we need to bring out the puppets and crayons.
When families were apprehended at the border prior to the Trump new zero-tolerance policy, they were either detained in an ICE family detention center or released into an alternative to detention program.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) June 19, 2018
Guessing she missed the story about how the Obama administration handed migrant children to traffickers …
The family detention centers were horrible in their own-right, and advocacy and litigation made it so that families could only be detained for about 20 days in these unlicensed and for profit detention centers.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) June 19, 2018
She thinks she’s making a point here.
LET ME REPEAT: Kids being stolen from their parents in mass is new, and is entirely the result of Jeff Sessions' decision to prosecute all people crossing the border, including asylum-seekers.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) June 19, 2018
LET US REPEAT: No. Alyssa is wrong. So wrong. Like so wrong she was almost right for a minute but went back around to wrong.
She babbled for a few more tweets on this thread but yeah, we can’t.
Not if they aren't breaking the law.
— Fat Daddy Dale (@Fatfartrunning) June 19, 2018
This is a lie.
— Clarence Whorley (@ClarenceWhorley) June 19, 2018
I feel you Ms. Milano but please don't be A-historical. There is NOTHING new about this since Native American children were forced into those White boarding schools to be "civilized". https://t.co/wqdh0I0G3P
— Adreana Langston (@AdreanaInLB) June 19, 2018
Oof.
Stolen? Words mean things.
Tell me how we address trafficking? This law originated to stop trafficking. So what is your solution?— Jodi (@APLMom) June 19, 2018
Still no crazy pants.
— Lady H (@Hecate40) June 19, 2018
5 seconds on Google would show you this isn't true.
You're terrible at internetting.
— Ordy's Summer Lovin' (@OrdyPackard) June 19, 2018
"stolen"?
They are dragged to the border, often by strangers, with the permission of parents, to game our system.— Pat McBride (@antonzilwicky54) June 19, 2018
When I need the hard-hitting honest truth about U.S. immigration policy, I turn to the only source people can trust; Alyssa Milano.
— Hepatitis M (@OohMyNose) June 19, 2018
Ha! Yeah, us too.
Repeating the same lie does not magically make it true.
— RockSolid (@melly_stone) June 19, 2018
But that doesn’t stop them from trying over and over again.
It’s adorable in a sad and annoying way.
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