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I think the point was irony: In the case of Elian Gonzalez, the right wanted the orphaned minor to be granted asylum in the US, but today they want to end DACA and deport unaccompanied minors. It's just another example of how Trump has turned the meaning of conservatism upside down.

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Since Gonzalez is from Cuba, I wonder if he would have qualified for wet feet dry feet policy and did not need asylum had his mom not perished at sea. But Republicans rarely believe in what they sell.

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