Letter to the Editor / ZERO TOLERANCE

Roger C. Kostmayer

For the last 17 years two presidents, one Republican one Democrat, established immigration enforcement policies that avoided abusing children and destroying families. President Trump and A.G. Sessions deliberately changed these practices in May by announcing what they called their new “Zero Tolerance POLICY”, explicitly targeting children and families to deter and punish victims seeking legal asylum from murder, rape and horrific conditions in their homeland. The results on the ground of this Trump policy show that 100% of the families are being prosecuted, and 100% of the families are being ripped apart. This policy was imposed by the executive branch, and can be corrected by a telephone call from the President.

The President knows the above truth, yet he is shamelessly trying to shift the blame to Democrats by pretending nothing can be done to solve this humanitarian crisis unless the Democrats capitulate to all his legislative demands, including a Southern border wall which neither Republicans nor Democrats want.

The reaction to this evil policy is surprisingly unanimous and bipartisan. Former and current Republican First Ladies Bush and Trump, Republican and Democrat politicians, religious leaders, Kelly Ann Conway, & Child Health Care experts all agree that there should be Zero Tolerance for this cruel un-American Trump policy that uses child abuse for political advantage.

This policy is unacceptable in the land of the free and the home of the brave, and should be reversed immediately.

Roger C. Kostmayer

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