Stealing Children

       I Thought I understood what was going on at our southern border. Boy was I misinformed.  In the N.Y. Times this morning a report tells about a woman and her eight year old son who were captured crossing into America from Guatemala. The boy was sent to a shelter for migrant children. And, the mother was deported and sent back to Guatemala.
       So what happened to the boy? Its almost as though the government of the United States of America had decided it needed more young children but not the parents. Okay, you explain how the government can separate a family and send the parents back, but keep the children. I'd like to hear how the law allows that. And even if it actually did, and I'm sure it doesn't, but even if it did, for what purpose?
       And if the law actually permits the administration to keep those children instead of sending them back home with their parents, what in the world is the Congress doing, or more accurately, not doing about it. Now the president blames the Democrats, but the Democrats have no control. The House of Representatives and the Senate are both controlled by the Republicans, who seem to be controlled by the President.
       And even the First Lady has spoken out against it and the last Republican First lady did too. How can anyone with a soul think this is a good and fair outcome? We seem to be interested in forming enemies right within our own country. Does anyone think these kids will grow up and be happy about the way America treated them?