Laura Bush: Separating children from their parents at the border ‘breaks my heart’

Washington Compost ^ | June 17, 2018 | Laura Bush

[EdnaMode]

On Sunday, a day we as a nation set aside to honor fathers and the bonds of family, I was among the millions of Americans who watched images of children who have been torn from their parents. In the six weeks between April 19 and May 31, the Department of Homeland Security has sent nearly 2,000 children to mass detention centers or foster care. More than 100 of these children are younger than 4 years old. The reason for these separations is a zero-tolerance policy for their parents, who are accused of illegally crossing our borders.

I live in a border state. I appreciate the need to enforce and protect our international boundaries, but this zero-tolerance policy is cruel. It is immoral. And it breaks my heart.

Our government should not be in the business of warehousing children in converted box stores or making plans to place them in tent cities in the desert outside of El Paso. These images are eerily reminiscent of the Japanese American internment camps of World War II, now considered to have been one of the most shameful episodes in U.S. history. We also know that this treatment inflicts trauma; interned Japanese have been two times as likely to suffer cardiovascular disease or die prematurely than those who were not interned.

Americans pride ourselves on being a moral nation, on being the nation that sends humanitarian relief to places devastated by natural disasters or famine or war. We pride ourselves on believing that people should be seen for the content of their character, not the color of their skin. We pride ourselves on acceptance. If we are truly that country, then it is our obligation to reunite these detained children with their parents — and to stop separating parents and children in the first place.

[kelly4c]

Edit: I’m speaking of Melania of course. Didn’t make that clear

[joma89]

It is the right thing to do, regardless of your emotion. Send these children back to their country of origin.

JoMa

[Oldeconomybuyer]

I’ve lost almost all respect for the Bush family.

[trebb]

Let’s hear her respond to Kellyanne’s comment about children being torn from their Mothers’ wombs....then maybe she will have something useful to say...

[wardaddy]

I did as did a few others here once she started uttering

And man did we ever get the wolf pack called down on us

Look at her kids

Her and Shrub raised two little elitist libtards

One worse than the other but both pc tards to the bone

[stellaluna]

What is the legal status of the servants at the Bush ranch and how much do they get paid?

[kearnyirish2]

Laura Bush supported “gay marriage” and abortion after her husband left office; I have a fairly good idea as to how she views children...

[HapaxLegamenon]

The real question is why are families at the boarder in the first place?

[CodeToad]

We all know what happens when Laura Bush gets her heart broken: She slams her car into your car at an intersection in an apparent murder/suicide.

[bmwcyle]

There is no heart for the children taken from these movements and sold into sex slavery or the young me and women harvested for organs. The kids are safe in there. STFU liberals.

[penguinhunter]

So the parents have some idea that they will be separated from their children if they attempt to cross the border and they do it anyways.
Some parents you got there kids. And these are the kinds of people we want in our country? Wow

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Laura Bush: Separating children from their parents at the border ‘breaks my heart’

Ah, yes - the old "won't someone please think of the children" bit. The broken hearts of liberal women have led to the enormous social welfare costs this nation now incurs. The underlying problems never get resolved, because that requires acknowledgement that people need to take responsibility for the misery they inflict on their children, but at least idiots like Laura Bush won't have broken hearts.

[Deplorable American1776]

Mrs. Bush, you were a wonderful first lady, but now since your brother in law crashed and burned, you are annoying me and other Trump Supporters. Take my advice: ‘Shut The F Up!’ Thank you...

[Deplorable American1776]

Mrs. Bush, you were a wonderful first lady, but now since your brother in law crashed and burned, you are annoying me and other Trump Supporters. Take my advice: ‘Shut The F Up!’ Thank you...

[RooRoobird20]

Laura, you don’t give a damn about the 3700 unborn babies murdered per day in this country.

Shut up, you filthy abortionist.

Don’t tell me about your “broken heart,” you have no credibility.