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Letter: Separating families is abhorrent

By Carol Obenour, Vancouver
Published: July 10, 2018, 6:00am

“The children will be taken care of — put into foster care or whatever.” An arbitrary policy separated children from their parents when they arrived at our southern border seeking asylum. “There was no system set up on how to bring families together,” officials said.

These families weren’t waiting to get into Disneyland. They were desperate to survive violence in their home countries. They endured horrid journeys hoping to live.

Clearly, the “I don’t really care” first lady garment was one of the few truths to come out of the current administration.

President Trump campaigned touting his admiration of torture, and worse, to achieve his objectives. This is what much worse looks like. How can a political party that supposedly champions family values support the ongoing demonstration of incompetence and moral bankruptcy spewing from the White House?

If you’ve ever been at a park, grocery store or airport and couldn’t immediately spot your child, you know that feeling of terror. To imagine never seeing your child again is unthinkable. Every parent who’s fought tears outside a preschool classroom praying that their crying child will eventually understand and trust that they will be reunited in three hours will recall that torment.

There is no “whatever” involved.

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