I watched Kristjen Nielsen and ICE director Homan with a mix of shock and horror...as I snuggled my three year old who literally never ever wants to be out of my arms…
and then I got it…
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This is what happens when you lump all migrants as being “rapists and murderers” and gang members, you lose the sense of humanity that most people exhibit for their fellow man...
With this policy, I am assuming that trump republicans never expected the blowback, because many of these trump republicans really did see these people as less then human...as animals that needed to be punished - and hey, maybe they could get some extra points from their core crowd (which was probably the entire goal of the policy)...
But, when you are dealing with children, most people can’t help but see humanity, when you are punishing mothers for fleeing violence to keep their children from dying (and you better believe that most mothers who are fleeing with children have a very real fear of death for themselves and their children to risk a trip like that)- by literally taking their children away from them (with no real assurance that they might ever see their children again)...that isn’t impacting the “rapists and murderers” and MS13 gang members that the trump republicans have labeled these “others” as...it is impacting mothers and children - things that we can all relate to...in America and around the world, most people who have a visceral humanity, just like you and me, are going to react to that...
this humanity is what sustains us…
and will keep them from ever winning...