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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJudge Delays Meeting on Immigrant Children Under 5yrs So Govt. Lawyer Can "Dogsit"
Julia E. Ainsley @JuliaEAinsleyGovt lawyer tells judge she has dogsitting responsibilities so will have to leave town and cannot meet tomorrow for status update on 100 children under 5. I love my dog but...but this is a new one!
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Peter Alexander @PeterAlexander 22m22 minutes ago
JUST IN: Federal judge agrees to delay next meeting about extending deadline to reunite 101 children under the age of 5 until Monday because Trump administration lawyer has dog sitting responsibilities this weekend. @JuliaEAinsley
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Judge Delays Meeting on Immigrant Children Under 5yrs So Govt. Lawyer Can "Dogsit" (Original Post)
bigtree
Jul 2018
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DonViejo
(60,536 posts)1. No one can ever accuse the U.S. of having its priorities out of whack. Never!
Vinca
(50,168 posts)2. The judge is being very generous. I'd have said find a kennel for a few hours or face contempt.
Dogs over kids. Par for the course the way things are going.
lpbk2713
(42,696 posts)3. That would be atrocious to inconvenience that dear snowflake.
OMFG
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)4. I love my dogs too but they can be kenneled & boarded when necessary.
Or is that only for little brown kids?
gopiscrap
(23,673 posts)5. that's fucking bullshit
the dogs would have been fine ina kennel. I love animals, but people, specially children come first. Fuck that asswipe of a lawyer and idiot of a judge who let it go
in2herbs
(2,942 posts)6. If I was the judge I would have told her that the dog can go in the
cages with the children.
Even though the judge has authority to hold her in contempt, I always expected the judge to apply the two-tiered law as reasoning to ignore the plight of these children: one tier for common folk and one tier for the rich or privileged.
The judge's ruling is abusive to the children.
Horse with no Name
(33,956 posts)7. So in a nutshell
Its not okay to put their dog in a kennel but A-Ok to keep children in them. Hmmm.