Deporting children to a beautiful country is really not so bad

It is a sad state of affairs when a U.S. Senator cannot differentiate between beachside resorts and the impoverished, dangerous situation in which many Hondurans live.

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It is a sad state of affairs when a U.S. Senator cannot differentiate between beachside resorts and the impoverished, dangerous situation in which many Hondurans live.  Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) visited Honduras (with security of course), and after visiting the beachside resorts, announced that it is ok for the United States to deport children asylum seekers because Honduras is “a beautiful country”, and it’s really not so bad there with all of their resorts.  And a solution for all of their problems would be to build some more resorts.

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