Letter to the Editor / THE PLIGHT OF CHILDREN: No Transparency, No Plan

Roger C. Kostmayer

After doubling down and disseminating disinformation (“Only Congress can fix this”), Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that he says will end separating immigrant children from their families. Sadly, this chaotic administration has no plan to actually protect and reunite the 2300 recently detained children, some of whom are infants; nor the over 10,000 immigrant children already in government custody.

At least two things make these desperate events even worse. The US government has refused to be open, honest or transparent with the American people, for whom it is supposed to work. Neither local or federal elected officials nor the media, both charged with serving the public, are being allowed to know where all the children are, to see the children, or to inspect the conditions under which they’re held.

Secondly, it’s now clear the Executive Order may not even stop the forced separation of families, and may not lead to reuniting those families that have already been ripped apart.

The American people, and the world community, find this cruel and inhumane situation unacceptable. We must do better.

Roger C. Kostmayer

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