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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'It is immoral': Former first lady Laura Bush criticizes the separation of migrant children
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"The reason for these separations is a zero-tolerance policy for their parents, who are accused of illegally crossing our borders. I live in a border state. I appreciate the need to enforce and protect our international boundaries, but this zero-tolerance policy is cruel. It is immoral. And it breaks my heart," Bush wrote.
"Our government should not be in the business of warehousing children in converted box stores or making plans to place them in tent cities in the desert outside of El Paso."
Bush then said the detention facilities being used to house thousands of children are "eerily reminiscent" of the internment camps that held 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, and are "now considered to have been one of the most shameful episodes in U.S. history."
https://www.businessinsider.com/laura-bush-calls-separation-of-migrant-children-from-parents-immoral-2018-6
We need more Republicans to take a stand on this issue.
obamanut2012
(26,181 posts)Her daughters definitely aren't.
Arkansas Granny
(31,539 posts)IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)They are not registered democrats either.
LiberalArkie
(15,733 posts)This article explained it for me
https://www.alternet.org/2019/07/how-southern-white-women-drove-the-gop-to-donald-trump/
ananda
(28,892 posts)nt
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)I think Michael Reagan is very conservative.
malaise
(269,260 posts)She finally found her voice
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)LittleGirl
(8,292 posts)Is the rest of the republicans? Damn it.
mcar
(42,439 posts)Aristus
(66,509 posts)you know you've crossed a line somewhere...
Duppers
(28,130 posts)LuvNewcastle
(16,864 posts)Or more specifically, what the deity's name is.
AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)W is quiet though so is Jeb?
Texin
(2,600 posts)I can't recall the specifics of that particular speech, but I seem to recall it was about his family separation policy. Regardless, he is one of the first ex-presidents in my lifetime who has spoken outright and critically against a current serving POTUS with the exception of Carter last week when he correctly stated Shitler is illegitimate.
snort
(2,334 posts)but its totally moral to slaughter Iraqi children for oil.
llmart
(15,565 posts)Now, what are you going to do about it, Laura?
Actions speak louder than words.
keithbvadu2
(37,013 posts)Trump's Christians/Evangelicals find his concentration camps plenty 'moral'.
shadowmayor
(1,325 posts)It's kidnapping gawddammit!