by Dave Roberts » Mon Apr 08, 2019 7:26 am
Over the weekend, I saw the article that said that our federal government had done such a poor job of obtaining information about minors separated at our southern border from their families that it may now take as much as two years to reunite families. This is wrong on so many levels. First, if those who were in charge of separating these children did not get enough information to reunite families, they should be fired for failure to fulfill their duties. Second, this treatment of children to warehouse them in camps and centers does not facilitate the growth of these children physically, mentally, or emotionally. Third, separating children from their families except in extreme circumstances has always been considered a last resort of social welfare agencies, not a first punishment of families. Fourth, our national government has made a mockery of the treaties governing asylum to which we are signatories by saying that asylum seekers do not have a right to seek asylum here. Fifth, the American taxpayers have been saddled with the costs of caring for these children, most of which is being done under the auspices of private prison companies who stand to make huge profits at all our expense. Finally, we have thrown away every shred of saying that we hold "Judeo-Christian values as a nation by how we have treated "the least of these." Sorry, but that's my Monday morning rant. Two years is putting innocent children through hell for our own political wishes. Any defenders, or does this also get a chirp?