Posted on 11/13/2016 5:09:35 AM PST by SMGFan
Over the past week, my eight-year-old daughter had a persistent worry which my wife and I kept trying to tamp down: that if Donald Trump got elected, her friends with immigrant parents would be forced to leave the country.
We tried to reassure her that that was unlikely — even if Trump won. But on Wednesday morning, after we told her Trump was indeed headed to the White House, there were tears nonetheless, and another heartbreaking expression of worry for her friends.
Parenting and politics collide. I hadn't even made a pot of coffee yet. There's been a lot written in the past few days about "What do we tell the children" in the face of a Trump. How do we address the rise of a man who says things they've known since pre-K they'd be suspended for saying themselves? There have been countless tweets and water cooler conversations between parents about how their kids are upset and anxious over a Trump victory.
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It looks like the parents have been very neglectful in explaining to their children what the law is about immigrants. There is a right way and a wrong way, seems the little ones friends chose the wrong way. The parents should explain to the children about paying the price for breaking the law.
This is the sort of heartstrings tugging emotional personal anecdote often used to justify forcing the US to keep the violent, anti-American, MS-13 type criminals in the country against the will of the majority.
I so hate it when the media and left conflate *immigrant* with *illegal*.
Anyone here illegally should be deported. Period.
If they want to come here, do it legally and they’ll be welcome with open arms.
But it doesn’t fit with leftist agenda to recognize and admit that the right has a legitimate point.
Point is, he shouldn’t be so generous with other people’s time, lives or money.
How will the delicate flower react later in life if she runs afoul of the law?
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