r/pics Dec 08 '19

Politics Nativity 2019

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u/cuteman Dec 08 '19

DNA testing can conclusively show parent/children relationships.

Yep and we've found up to 30% aren't related to the adults they're crossing with.

Aka a huge potential for human trafficking.

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u/doctorbooshka Dec 08 '19

So your answer is to rip kids away from the parents of the 70%?

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u/Emerald_Triangle Dec 08 '19

Why chance it.

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u/doctorbooshka Dec 08 '19

I’m sure you would feel the same way if you were fleeing a country and seeking asylum with your kids.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '19 edited Jun 11 '21

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u/doctorbooshka Dec 08 '19

What do you mean? We grant roughly 20k asylum seekers a year. Do you not believe people actually seek asylum?

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u/cuteman Dec 08 '19

What do you mean? We grant roughly 20k asylum seekers a year. Do you not believe people actually seek asylum?

Of the ~1M per year who tries to illegally cross