miketx
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It's about crime, disease and consuming resources. Stop lying traitor.Exactly.Kudos for the glimpse of humanity. You referred to 'invaders' as people. Framing the argument I see.I see people. You see invaders. Which one of us is cynical, fearful and open to cruelty?I'm seeking answers. How is it possible to rationalize, excuse, accept and defend holding people in unsafe, unsanitary and degrading conditions. How does one sell the concept?
I'm gonna give you one test and see how you do, and if you do poorly I'm out.
A person knocks on your door and says, "May I come in? I need some help." How do you respond?
A person breaks into your home and demands accommodation. You give person a blanket on the floor and basic provisions, and here come a bunch of people complaining that you didn't offer a bed, a full course meal, and health care as well.
You say, "But this is my home, I have a family to care for, and this person broke in."
Do you see the difference here?
Why should we be governed by ignoble purposes such as cynicism, fearfulness and cruelty?
I see people. You see invaders.
All the invaders are people.
We should quickly and humanely send them back home.
I believe we should follow established law and end disastrous policies. Rather than flooding the border with law enforcement, I believe we should be flooding the border with the Red Cross, adequate supplies of food, medicine, toiletries, clothes and, medicine. All to stem the tide of the current scandalous conditions.
We should be flooding the border with judges to hear asylum claims, lawyers to cut the red tape and serve justice by following the law. We should be flooding the border with interpreters, social workers, nutritionists teachers and volunteer care givers. We must treat people with dignity and remind them of what they grew up believing about America.
But most importantly, we must stop breaking up families and work hard, as Americans can, to reunite the families we damaged while those families.
Our national reputation is at stake. But, again, most importantly, our national authority to call out oppression, mistreatment, and deliberate cruelty among other nations. It's not only wrong politically but immoral on its face.
But for conservatives this is about their unwarranted fear of immigrants – it’s about the right’s bigotry, hate, and contempt for the rule of law.
Immigrants coming to the United States seeking asylum are not ‘invaders’; indeed, immigration law is written to accommodate refugees, allowing them to apply for refugee status, to remain in the United States until their cases are adjudicated, consistent with the right to due process of the law.
When we abandon these principles and fall prey to fear, ignorance, bigotry, racism, and hate – as conservatives advocate doing – we as a Nation have likewise abandoned our moral authority.