The Post-Gazette via its editorial “Turn the Caravan Back” (Oct. 25), has joined Donald Trump in misleading and lying to the American people. Both repeatedly refer to the legal attempts of unfortunate Central Americans to seek asylum and safety in the U.S. as “illegal.” Of course, seeking asylum is legal nationally and internationally. Due process and the rule of law do not seem to be familiar concepts to those espousing imagined or made-up threats to national security. We have seen the disastrous results of the Trump administration’s cruel, inhumane and illegal policy of separating children from their parents at the border, as if these people were non-human or evil.
Who supports open borders? No one but a few extremists, if that means a wave of people, some dangerous, simply rushing into our country willy-nilly without any formal intervention. Certainly not the Democratic Party, no matter how often this lie is repeated by President Donald Trump and his supporters. Who fears open borders? Many of us, but especially those who believe the lies and hate that surround this issue today.
Why can’t the Republican majority work with Democrats to create a sensible immigration policy that is humane and sensible? Why would a fair and intelligent president not sign such a bill? Meanwhile, the myth of “open borders” is a tactic used by Mr. Trump and the Republicans to produce fear and votes so that voters will not think more deeply about this issue or their own immigrant roots.
Millie Beik
Upper St. Clair
Note from KBJ: Donald Trump has been begging Democrats to work with him on securing the border. Are you paying attention, Millie?
