I admire the politicians and residents who bravely show up and speak out for justice when ICE arrives in their communities ripping predominantly innocent people from peaceful lives. The detainments and deportations are profoundly immoral, happening only because our president is a bully whose enablers and followers are comfortable with his gratuitous and xenophobic cruelty.
Of course our immigration system is broken. But why must it be so? Why shouldn’t welcoming and aiding human beings in need be among our top priorities? Speaking as a mother, grandmother and former educator, I see the right of all children to live in a nurturing, loving world as critical to our humanity. We’ve got to design and build a way out of this madness ASAP. Oh, and let’s bring along our love of democracy, our great diversity and our better angels to meet this challenge. Without them nothing will change.
Vera Pfeuffer
Midtown
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