anyway tear gas is actually a fucking nerve agent that can absolutely kill you and even though governments think its cool to spray it on kids the geneva convention disagrees
i’ve been thinking about this all day. speaking as a person who has been tear gassed to hell and back i wouldn’t fucking wish that sensation on my worst enemy let alone CHILDREN. it’s beyond words. don’t believe people when they tell you it’s for crowd control. it’s not. it’s to make crowds PANIC. it’s to make you fear for your life. it’s to make you feel like you’re dying. it can trigger panic attacks and asthma attacks in young people and heart attacks in the elderly. it’s fucking unconscionable is what it is and every single government who uses it should be shamed for eternity
The other option is bullets you know…? Would you rather tear gas or live ammunition like in other countries?
the other option is GRANTING THEM ASYLUM you ABSOLUTE DEMONS
The absolute bare minimum would be for us to stop trying to subvert U.S. laws that exist to protect refugees, actually accept asylum requests in a reasonably timely manner, and let them stay and find work/shelter in the U.S. while their requests for asylum are processed.
The legally mandated process for requesting asylum is to go to a port of entry, make a preliminary request, and then await a decision on one’s case IN THE UNITED STATES. These people showed up to do exactly what they were supposed to do, but Trump/the Border Protection Agency have been limiting access to the port of entry (taking only 40 to 100 requests per day), so many of these people are looking at months long wait-times camped out on the Mexican side of the border (in a literal, overcrowded camp, I mean) just to put in a request. And they may be racing against the clock, because Trump has been trying for a deal with Mexico to make asylum seekers wait on the Mexican side of the border for months or even years as their individual requests for asylum are processed.*
*for the sake of completeness of information: as of 11/27/18 the deal seems to have fallen through.
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