The fact that someone has done something unjust or dishonest is no justification for acting in a similar way—or worse. President Trump and Attorney General Sessions apparently don’t understand that. Just because a parent enters the U.S. illegally, there is no rationale for this nation to commit egregious acts of child abuse by taking the child from the parent as a presumed means of preventing others from entering illegally. There is no equivalence here.
Yes, laws were broken. Then get prepared with the staff to handle the issue. Don’t inflict trauma on innocent children.
Perhaps these so-called leaders have not made the effort to understand the effects of such trauma on these children and the potential long-term damage to their mental and physical health. Worse, they don’t seem to care.
WIL BLECHMAN,
MIAMI
