[Breitbart] Clinton-era Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has slammed U.S. efforts to secure the border, telling the BBC that the immigration policy of President Donald J. Trump "makes it very hard for America to tell Europeans ... to be more humane"
Promoting her new book entitled Fascism: A Warning on the Andrew Marr Show, the former U.S. Secretary of State said she has been "very troubled" by the Trump administration’s moves to end the ’catch and release’ of illegals into American communities while they await immigration hearings.
America’s former ambassador told the BBC that detentions at the U.S. border "remind one of things that happen in fascist countries",
| ...although historically such people were attempting to escape the fascist country at issue, not enter it, and were therefore being detained by their own border guards before they manage to cross into the non-fascist country next door... |
adding that "there’s plenty of room for people in the United States and there are a lot of companies now saying that we need them".
When people ask her opinion "about what’s happening to Europe on the same issue", Albright said she thinks the President’s "offensive" crackdown on illegal immigration "makes it very hard for America to tell Europeans what to do if we can’t figure out how to be more humane ourselves".
Someone, anyone, please tell me why it is necessary for the U.S. to "demand" the Europeans (or anyone else) do anything.
| In general one expects diplomats to be diplomatic, persuading or negotiating rather than demanding. |
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