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Laura Bush: Separating children from their parents at the border ‘breaks my heart’
Washington Compost ^ | June 17, 2018 | Laura Bush

Posted on 06/17/2018 6:44:08 PM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: aliens; braking; bush; childillegals; commiepropaganda; deepstate; familyseparation; illegalimmigrants; illegalimmigration; immigration; laurabush; obama; obamalegacy; repealthe19th; trump; uniparty; usefulidiots
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To: kelly4c

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


161 posted on 06/18/2018 2:33:13 AM PDT by kelly4c
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To: EdnaMode

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

JoMa


162 posted on 06/18/2018 2:40:03 AM PDT by joma89
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To: EdnaMode

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


163 posted on 06/18/2018 3:02:37 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: EdnaMode

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...


164 posted on 06/18/2018 3:09:32 AM PDT by trebb (Too many "Conservatives" who think their opinions outweigh reality these days...)
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To: Kalamata

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


165 posted on 06/18/2018 3:13:56 AM PDT by wardaddy (Hanged not hung.)
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To: EdnaMode

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


166 posted on 06/18/2018 3:55:12 AM PDT by stellaluna
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

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


167 posted on 06/18/2018 3:55:42 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

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


168 posted on 06/18/2018 4:24:01 AM PDT by HapaxLegamenon
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To: EdnaMode

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.


169 posted on 06/18/2018 4:36:43 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: EdnaMode

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.


170 posted on 06/18/2018 4:38:26 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: EdnaMode

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


171 posted on 06/18/2018 5:28:55 AM PDT by penguinhunter
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To: EdnaMode
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.


172 posted on 06/18/2018 7:03:29 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: EdnaMode

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...


173 posted on 06/18/2018 12:09:01 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: EdnaMode

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...


174 posted on 06/18/2018 12:58:58 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: EdnaMode

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.


175 posted on 06/18/2018 1:02:12 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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