We need a new round of Nuremburg trials and, no, “just following orders” does not get you off the hook if you participated in crimes against humanity.
Trump said if they don’t like it, don’t come here.
THESE ARE CHILDREN.
Aside from the illegality and immorality of Trump’s morally bankrupt cruelty (basically admitting this is an attempt to discourage LAWFUL petitions for asylum), these CHILDREN had no say in coming here.
And they are escaping violence, crime and instability that was CAUSED BY UNITED STATES ACTIONS under Reagan in the 1980’s and then exacerbated when Trump cut off what little aid was being provided to ameliorate those conditions.
Many of the people coming from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua are MAYAN indigenous peoples. They have lived in their lands for tens of thousands of years before the Europeans came. They did not want to come to the United States; they were forced by conditions WE CAUSED (see reply that follows for details).
Crimes against humanity.
We need a new round of Nuremburg trials and, no, “just following orders” does not get you off the hook if you participated in crimes against humanity.
Trump said if they don’t like it, don’t come here.
THESE ARE CHILDREN.
Aside from the illegality and immorality of Trump’s morally bankrupt cruelty (basically admitting this is an attempt to discourage LAWFUL petitions for asylum), these CHILDREN had no say in coming here.
And they are escaping violence, crime and instability that was CAUSED BY UNITED STATES ACTIONS under Reagan in the 1980’s and then exacerbated when Trump cut off what little aid was being provided to ameliorate those conditions.
Many of the people coming from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua are MAYAN indigenous peoples. They have lived in their lands for tens of thousands of years before the Europeans came. They did not want to come to the United States; they were forced by conditions WE CAUSED (see reply that follows for details).