These haunting images of children separated from their parents on the southern border are shameful. Of course, I think of little Nova and Maya, and the anguish Amanda and Tom would feel if they were taken away. Our country has never been perfect, but compassion for those seeking sanctuary has always been a core American value, and the very reason most of us are here.
It is common sense that children belong with their parents, and it's cruel and immoral to use refugees as political negotiating tools. It is a basic human instinct to save your family from a burning building. As long as there is poverty and violence in Central America, the illegal migration will continue. This is not sustainable. There are not enough empty Walmart's to convert into kid cages.
This "America First" era fills me with shame and embarrassment.
Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.
Little deeds of kindness,
Little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden,
Like the heaven above.
Julia A. Carney
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