My mother told me that when she was a child – about four years old, I believe – she was separated from her mother and sent to Germany. The reason this was done may have been that her mother, my grandmother, was in the United States on a work visa, and some disagreement about citizenship and other things raised its ugly head.
She was transported by ship along with thousands of other children to Germany where her grandparents, my great-grandparents, took her and raised her until she was sixteen. She had to stay there for so long, chiefly, because shortly after this separation took place World War II broke out.
What just happened along the Mexican border brought this up again. It is all very unfortunate. We are all in our family agreed, that if you cross into the United States illegally you should be deported. If you come in with your family then everyone should go back together.
The clamor around the missteps at the border (caused by laws long in place) has covered up and obscured the evils that caused it. Nothing was done illegally by these separations – they were all conducted legally. There is no plan to change those laws. Those who should do it have been vocal about the problem they caused but have not owned up to their own guilt in crafting and passing them.
Guess which party they primarily originated from?
The evils of the governments to the south, which caused this flight, are far worse.
Alfred Brock
Wayne, Mich.
