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Originally Posted by Trish Crocker
I don't have an answer or solution, all I know is that I thank God that I don't have to send my child to another country in order to keep them alive. Of course it's not a good situation and as a country we are forced to determine the right thing to do, not only to keep our 'real' citizens happy but to also be humane. I am appalled at the actions of many people, people who profess to be Christians. I have never, ever seen hatred like this. You try living in one of these 'suites'...picture your child there, alone, afraid. Heaven forbid they should be able to play ping pong. Let's punish them. Let's see, what would make you happy...dirt floors, gruel, rocks to play with. Is it the 'flat screen' tvs that bother you? Would it be ok if they had old tube type tvs? Maybe they shouldn't be entertained at all....they don't deserve it...they aren't American. Let them wallow in filth and stare at the ceiling until we can toss them back over the border. Yep, that's what Jesus would do.
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Well, given what’s going on I don’t think it’s sufficient for you to simply say you don’t know what to do. You need to help figure this out, as well as all of us do, so please think about it some more and see if you can offer some solutions. I invite you to post them here.
Also, it’s very presumptuous IMHO to impugn or categorize practical solutions to stem the flow as ‘hatred.” I think that’s misinformed, and more importantly, too easy of an exit for you. We could all take the easy way out and say … oh yes, we can’t do enough for these poor kids!! Like you and others. I could say what the heck, money is no object. But guess what, this is a HUGE problem and we need to solve it. It’s not hatred to point out the obvious that this cannot go on with totally transforming this Country (which is why some are trying to do just that … but it’s a separate topic)
There are BILLIONS of poor people in the world. We can NOT take everyone on board adults, kids or whoever. That is reality so we all need to deal with it including you.
As far as tossing them back across the border as you put it, would you like for all of them to stay here? Really?? Would you like to maybe invite a few million more to come in? 20 million? 100 million? What’s your limit? Would you like to take a few onboard to live with you and your husband? How about putting some up with your kids and grandkids? Maybe convert all Villages Rec Centers into refugee centers. I’m just curious to know where your definition of compassion ends.? Please enlighten us.
But in the meantime, putting illegal aliens into "suites" while we have plenty of people here who could use the help is not very compassionate at all. Think about the guys from Wildwood or Fruitland Park that cut your yard for crying out loud. It's almost like you have a bias against American citizens who are poor but have a special soft spot if they come across the border illegally.