Unprecedented, intentional, malicious cruelty. Yes, I heard them “explain” that anyone who commits a crime gets arrested and thus separated from children. But it has never been done in the past this way. Crossing the border illegally is a misdemeanor. As some parents who crossed the border and served their short misdemeanor sentences still have not had their children returned to them.
More important, most of the parents who had their screaming infants ripped from their arms were not illegal. They were refugees applying for asylum. They did not sneak across the border. They presented themselves at checkpoints and requested asylum. Refugees seeking asylum have never before been separated from their children.
Unprecedented, intentional, malicious cruelty. Yes, I heard them “explain” that anyone who commits a crime gets arrested and thus separated from children. But it has never been done in the past this way. Crossing the border illegally is a misdemeanor. As some parents who crossed the border and served their short misdemeanor sentences still have not had their children returned to them.
More important, most of the parents who had their screaming infants ripped from their arms were not illegal. They were refugees applying for asylum. They did not sneak across the border. They presented themselves at checkpoints and requested asylum. Refugees seeking asylum have never before been separated from their children.