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I was lukewarm towards the rights of undocumented immigrants prior to Trump. But his actions in dehumanizing a whole class of people who are desperate for help
by dmode 8y ago
I was lukewarm towards the rights of undocumented immigrants prior to Trump. But his actions in dehumanizing a whole class of people who are desperate for help and support as "criminals" have changed my views. As a father, the screams of children being separated from their parents is haunting. I hear the cries of my own daughter. I can't even begin to imagine her trauma if someone forcibly separated her from me. This is barbaric and inhumane at such a fundamental level that I know how anyone can support this.
- popularrecluse 8y agoThank you for saying so. There are more of us then there are of them. Empathy and equality under the law will prevail. This is insane, and it is a tipping point that I hope all of us who have studied history will recognize as the moment where we have to act. We are one major terrorist act away from our own Reichstag fire; this democracy is fragile.
- emodendroket 8y agoWhat's more, according to the former head of ICE, many of these children will never be reunited with their parents. It is a cruel policy with no purpose beyond being cruel. https://mobile.twitter.com/JProskowGlobal/status/1009119915348021249 https://mobile.twitter.com/JProskowGlobal/status/10091199153...