Jul 13, 2018
We have learned a great deal about ourselves as Americans since Donald Trump was sworn in as president. His administration has provoked us to examine who we want to be as a people and as a country. What has become evident is how ugly the moral character of those who have harvested the president’s policies of hate and persecution. It is simply shameful behavior by lawmakers to turn away from these families that have risked their lives to escape terror, violence, and extortion Our government would prefer to single out these families, and further impact their lives and their children’s lives, placing them in detention, all because they have committed a misdemeanor, a minor infraction like a traffic violation, Allegra Love is devoting her life to fighting for justice and freedom for those who have been persecuted by Session’s and Trump inhuman policies.
Rounding up human beings, who are here because they are suffering and separating families from their children is no less vulgar than what we witness from the Third Reich. And placing ankle bracelets on toddlers, some so tight creating infection in their tiny ankles, to demonstrate what ? All in the name of our sovereignty ? This is not about illegal entry. This is about what direction we will allow our nation to go in. Our treatment of these families marks a definitive stand that we approve of these crimes against humanity. I want to thank Allegra Love and all the attorneys who are devoting their lives to fighting for the rights of migrants whose only crime is to seek a safe future for their children.