It has been a despicable act of evil for the president of
the United States to execute an order whereby children of illegal immigrants
have been placed in cages, shipped off to ‘centres,’ and/or sent into foster
care; their parents having no idea where they have gone.
Is there no sense of the dignity of human life? Are these children expendable; being used as
weapons of war in the fight against illegal entry? Have they committed some crime? Why are they having to pay for their parents’
decision to escape a life of grinding poverty and drug wars? While I do not begrudge America’s desire to
manage their borders, the least they could do would be to keep families
together.
It is a tragedy that has happened before. And here, in Canada, we need only look back to
recall the tragic years of Indigenous children being shipped off to residential
schools, or Indigenous children taken away from their families and placed for
adoption or foster care, with everyone turning a blind eye.
God, have mercy on us!
I am glad the president has rescinded his order, and they
are working to restore these children to their parents. I am thankful for those who have fought
against such an injustice. I am grateful
for an entire nation rising up in outrage.
But, I see a paradox.
Many of the same people who have been rightly outraged at such a
despicable law are the same people who willingly allow a baby to be ripped from
her mother’s womb, at any stage of her development. Separated forever. No turning back. No being reunited with mom or dad. A child, paying with her life.
God, have mercy on us!
Have we completely lost our minds?
