Kirsten Powers: ‘Sick’ Trump’s Prosecuting Parents Who Pay Smugglers to Brings Their Kids from C. America

‘These are children that are fleeing for their lives’

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POWERS: "Who now are not going to report any crimes. They're not going to talk to the police. That makes everybody less safe. If you are now an undocumented immigrant and something happens to you, there is no way in the world you are going to talk to a police officer, who now may be deputized to deport you, to literally act an immigration agent. They also have something in there about prosecuting and deporting parents who pay smugglers to bring their children from Central America. Now, this is actually sick. I'm sorry. These are children that are fleeing for their lives. These are parents who are in horrible situations where they have decided this is the worst thing that I could -- out of all my options, this is the best decision that's better than having my child maybe being killed by a gang member."

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