The United States has an interesting core values dilemma. We are a nation founded both on religious freedom and tolerance and yet we have locked up asylum-seekers and their children on our southern borders. As of today, the DOJ announced it needs more time to bring the children of asylum seekers and their parents back together despite being court ordered to do so by July 10th for children under 5 and by July 26th for older children. This despite compelling medication on several children in custody, forcing dozens of women to be paraded in front of the DHS head, keeping kids in detention centers that avoid state oversight, using DNA testing to ID children and their parents and keeping them in captivity for weeks. Many of these people are deeply religious and socially conservative by our standards.
While many churches are rightly vilifying our government for this inhumanity, the wheels of bureaucracy creak on. This continued inhumanity is a black mark on our country and the indignities that these people face are reprehensible.
Contact your Senators and Representatives. You have a voice, use it.
While many churches are rightly vilifying our government for this inhumanity, the wheels of bureaucracy creak on. This continued inhumanity is a black mark on our country and the indignities that these people face are reprehensible.
Contact your Senators and Representatives. You have a voice, use it.
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