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Originally Posted by LAPhil
I was just going by what the article said.
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You are right, from the article, "The parents have been ordered to return to China, where they lived before they fled to Peru."
And so your observation is all the more relevent. Why wouldn't Feinstein push the sympathy button for the parents fleeing China? And why isn't she doing anything about the parents at all?
But the fact that the parents slipped into the US illegally after "fleeing" to Peru is pretty suspicious. If they were really fleeing persecution and all they really wanted was refuge or relief from the Chinese authorities, why wouldn't Peru be enough? Feinstein was probably worried about bringing the whole refugee/asylum issue to the public's attention. It is serious problem in Australia, for example.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...111905937.html
I am generally not sympathetic to asylum seekers. The whole thing has gotten out of hand and is pretty much just a pretext to immigrate for social advancement, or worse.