557 And Counting.

       Hey, need a number to bet on? Try 557. Its the number of migrant children still being held while their parents are out of the country or otherwise not available. Out of the country? What exactly does that mean? Did they go on a cruise or are they visiting royalty in Denmark? Most likely they were deported out of America to their homeland, which they just recently fled. Meanwhile the American government still wants to punish them by keeping their children.
       But what about those children? Are they still keeping them in summer camp for fun and games? Or are they keeping them in cages like unwanted pets at the Humane Society? Ya know we have to show the world we're serious about protecting our border. So criminals and terrorists and babies are being held in prison. That'll teach the world not to mess with us. Just use a different border.
       I'm just not sure about the babies. How are they a threat to America? Do they plan to undo our constitutional right to freedom of speech? Or is it the Second Amendment? Maybe some other amendment is in jeopardy from these children. Surely we're not punishing children for the crimes of their parents, real or imagined. And I can't bring myself to imagine we are punishing them because they are not like us. Of course that's true.
       These children and their missing parents are not like us, are they? After all they came from a central American country. They didn't come from any European country. There you have it. What better reason does our government need than that they're not just like us.