Michael Gaynor
Should child neglect be overlooked when children are used as shields by parents entering the United States illegally?
By Michael Gaynor
It is readily foreseeable that those parents will be arrested for illegal entry and no longer in a position to care for their children, requiring the United States to care for those children, which is a cost to Unite States taxpayers.
Should Child Neglect Be Overlooked When Children Are Used as Shields by Parents Entering the United States Illegally?
President Trump has the nerve to enforce the law against entering the United States illegally, so his political opponents and media enemies rail against him because he doesn't want the parents promptly released in the United States with their children for promising to appear in court later on an asylum application and the media shows video of crying children who don't want to be separated from their parents.
History shows that such parents are very unlikely to make the promised court appearance and releasing them because they brought children with them would reward bad behavior and discriminate against parents without children who also enter the United States illegally.
The United States does not have an open borders policy.
When persons enter the United States illegally, they are subject to arrest.
That's because United States laws are supposed to be enforced, not disregarded.
When a parent brings a child along when crossing the border between the United States and Mexico, which happens frequently, that parent is guilty of child neglect as well as illegal entry.
If the parent is arrested, the child is taken into custody, not arrested.
That's what should be expected to happen.
It's not the government's fault.
It's not the child's fault.
It's the parent's fault.
The parent who tries to use the child as a shield has no shame.
Parents are supposed to protect their children, not to use them as shields.
"...the difference between sword and shield is that sword is (weaponry) a long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, hew, or slice while shield is anything that protects or defends..." (https://wikidiff.com/sword/shield).
If a parent brought a "sword" along to facilitate entering the United States illegally, illegal entry probably would not be the only charge brought against the parent.
Parents are now using children as swords as well as shields to attack border enforcement.
If that parent enters the United States illegally with a child, bringing that child should be an additional legal offense to be charged against the parent.
In 2015, felony child neglect charges were filed against Florida parents.
As reported at Fox New insider (http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/06/14/florida-parents-charged-felony-neglect-after-11-year-old-son-plays-backyard-90-minutes):
"Two Florida parents were hit with felony neglect charges after their 11-year-old son was reportedly playing alone in the backyard for an hour and a half.
"According to his mother, the boy arrived home before his parents and was locked out of the house, so he shot some hoops in the yard until they arrived.
"A neighbor saw the child outside alone and called the local police. When his mother and father arrived home, they were met by a police officer, who arrested them for child negligence."
When Florida parents can be arrested for child negligence under such circumstances, shouldn't parents who bring children across the United States border illegally be prosecutable for child negligence for doing that?
It is readily foreseeable that those parents will be arrested for illegal entry and no longer in a position to care for their children, requiring the United States to care for those children, which is an undeserved cost to United States taxpayers.
What is going on is that parents entering the United States illegally are using children as shields in the hope of deflecting border enforcement and the "progressives" and their media allies are using that pathetic situation to pursue their open borders political agenda by highlighting the children's plight when the parents are arrested for illegal entry and not blaming the parents.
A parent using a child in this way should be prosecutable for child neglect as well as liable for the government's cost of caring for the child.
© Michael Gaynor
June 19, 2018
It is readily foreseeable that those parents will be arrested for illegal entry and no longer in a position to care for their children, requiring the United States to care for those children, which is a cost to Unite States taxpayers.
Should Child Neglect Be Overlooked When Children Are Used as Shields by Parents Entering the United States Illegally?
President Trump has the nerve to enforce the law against entering the United States illegally, so his political opponents and media enemies rail against him because he doesn't want the parents promptly released in the United States with their children for promising to appear in court later on an asylum application and the media shows video of crying children who don't want to be separated from their parents.
History shows that such parents are very unlikely to make the promised court appearance and releasing them because they brought children with them would reward bad behavior and discriminate against parents without children who also enter the United States illegally.
The United States does not have an open borders policy.
When persons enter the United States illegally, they are subject to arrest.
That's because United States laws are supposed to be enforced, not disregarded.
When a parent brings a child along when crossing the border between the United States and Mexico, which happens frequently, that parent is guilty of child neglect as well as illegal entry.
If the parent is arrested, the child is taken into custody, not arrested.
That's what should be expected to happen.
It's not the government's fault.
It's not the child's fault.
It's the parent's fault.
The parent who tries to use the child as a shield has no shame.
Parents are supposed to protect their children, not to use them as shields.
"...the difference between sword and shield is that sword is (weaponry) a long-bladed weapon having a handle and sometimes a hilt and designed to stab, hew, or slice while shield is anything that protects or defends..." (https://wikidiff.com/sword/shield).
If a parent brought a "sword" along to facilitate entering the United States illegally, illegal entry probably would not be the only charge brought against the parent.
Parents are now using children as swords as well as shields to attack border enforcement.
If that parent enters the United States illegally with a child, bringing that child should be an additional legal offense to be charged against the parent.
In 2015, felony child neglect charges were filed against Florida parents.
As reported at Fox New insider (http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/06/14/florida-parents-charged-felony-neglect-after-11-year-old-son-plays-backyard-90-minutes):
"Two Florida parents were hit with felony neglect charges after their 11-year-old son was reportedly playing alone in the backyard for an hour and a half.
"According to his mother, the boy arrived home before his parents and was locked out of the house, so he shot some hoops in the yard until they arrived.
"A neighbor saw the child outside alone and called the local police. When his mother and father arrived home, they were met by a police officer, who arrested them for child negligence."
When Florida parents can be arrested for child negligence under such circumstances, shouldn't parents who bring children across the United States border illegally be prosecutable for child negligence for doing that?
It is readily foreseeable that those parents will be arrested for illegal entry and no longer in a position to care for their children, requiring the United States to care for those children, which is an undeserved cost to United States taxpayers.
What is going on is that parents entering the United States illegally are using children as shields in the hope of deflecting border enforcement and the "progressives" and their media allies are using that pathetic situation to pursue their open borders political agenda by highlighting the children's plight when the parents are arrested for illegal entry and not blaming the parents.
A parent using a child in this way should be prosecutable for child neglect as well as liable for the government's cost of caring for the child.
© Michael Gaynor
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