18 of 20 Migrant 'Kids' Don't Appear for Immigration Hearing- Unexpectedly!

[UncleBeer 244]

What a shocker! They were gonna be allowed in anyway under the preznit's current non-enforcement policy. Was it too much trouble to show up for the hearing?

Migrant children are no-shows at Dallas immigration hearings

The youths were among 20 from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala who were set to appear in federal immigration court Tuesday for initial deportation hearings. But they weren’t there — 18 of the children whose cases were set to be heard didn’t show up Tuesday for court.

It was an absentee rate that federal Immigration Judge Michael Baird said was “highly unusual,” so high that he reset the hearings for Aug. 11 rather than possibly issuing a deportation order.

[Karee 4,191]

What a shocker! They were gonna be allowed in anyway under the preznit's current non-enforcement policy. Was it too much trouble to show up for the hearing?

I just saw this story on the local news. I'm surprised 2 out of the 20 showed up.

[Teddy B 17,252]

They were probably enrolled in school and attending classes..

[Merrytooth 5,748]

How nice... US taxpayers for all these.

[Karee 4,191]

They were probably enrolled in school and attending classes..

[Teddy B 17,252]

I know you've heard of summer school.

Edited July 24, 2014 by Teddy B

[Karee 4,191]

I know you've heard of summer school.

Good point. I withdraw my earlier jab at you.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Good point. I withdraw my earlier jab at you.

Seeing you are being so agreeable, I went and edited out my pic of the point flying over your head.

[Karee 4,191]

Seeing you are being so agreeable, I went and edited out my pic of the point flying over your head.

I noticed. See how people can get along here. Someone should report this thread.

[Teddy B 17,252]

I noticed. See how people can get along here. Someone should report this thread.

No worries, T-bone will be along shortly to move it to off topic.

[Karee 4,191]

No worries, T-bone will be along shortly to move it to off topic.

Maybe to the Philippine regional thread. Who knows.

[UncleBeer 244]

No worries, T-bone will be along shortly to move it to off topic.

Or some other mod to mangle the subject line needlessly.

[GandD 5,966]

Or some other mod to mangle the subject line needlessly.

Ah, so you know you're not supposed to change the thread title from the title of the quoted article and did it anyway?

A silly concept though. I guess they did it to lessen the "bait" aspect of ....... well exactly what you're doing here. But you could easily get around it by not linking the article. Then who would know?

[UncleBeer 244]

Ah, so you know you're not supposed to change the thread title from the title of the quoted article and did it anyway?

On more than one occasion, a mod has taken a dislike to the original verbatim quoted article title and seen fit to change it. This is not what you're referring to.

[GandD 5,966]

On more than one occasion, a mod has taken a dislike to the original verbatim quoted article title and seen fit to change it. This is not what you're referring to.

You're correct, that's not what I was talking about. I was talking about this one. Either way though, it doesn't really bother me.