Jeff Sessions Cites Bible to Justify Separating Immigrant Children from Parents

Carl Elfstrom

Can y'all see the horns I see on Jeff Sessions head? This is evil and brutal, to say the least. Even if his obvious misinterpretation of the bible was right using it goes against separation of church and state. Isn't it illegal for our government to use a biblical passage to justify its actions. I'm not a lawyer so I don't know that much about it, but it sure seems like it ought to be. I'm not even a democrat, but I'd vote to impeach Trump over something like this. What happened to family values? Doesn't that include all families? How can any parents, anywhere ( not counting child abusers and molesters), agree with this? Sure, it will help deter illegal immigration, but it's cruel and immoral. Besides all that that idiot St.Paul wasn't even talking about the American government. I ça'nt wait for Sessions and Trump to be separated from their families. And it will happen. What goes around comes around,every time.

Frank Villari

Laura Bush is right, it breaks my heart as well. Unfortunately it is the law of the land and we must give unto Caesar that which is his I compliance with the laws. I am as concerned, at this point, with where all this outrage was during her husband's administration, as well as the Obama administration. Silence. Nada. Unlike the senate of Rome, however, we have the ability to press our senators to the will of the people and, as such, those very people have a say in changing the laws which we must obey. Recently, the Secretary of Homeland Security made a very valid point: What good does it do for Congress to enact rules, laws, and policies if they're going to demand those who enforce them to ignore them? This is not what we pay Congress for. We pay them to do their job and, with children at risk, they should do their job regardless of the cost to their precious party.

Red

Unbelievable! We should throw the whole administration in a cage and see how they like it....

Jeremy

Look yes it's unfortunate but what's the alternative? Let MS-13 kids stream across our borders unchallenged? I know where my vote is.

adrian stocks

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!

I guess these words mean nothing these days!

Immigration needs to be controlled, but this is downright cruel and immoral.

George Massarone

Just one question. Were Jeff Sessions comments due to feelings or reason. He must ask himself that when he has a quiet moment, and he should ponder as to how he arrived at that decision.

Tigerz

When you only listen to ‘part’ of the news, you are part of the fake news. The majority of those kids are being brought in by traffickers. Do you know what was in store for them? The USA is separating them for a reason. To find out who their REAL parents are.

Rev. Fulton L. Arrington

No, this policy is not Christian, and it is not Christ-like. Those who would claim otherwise are the disciples of Judas, they betray Christ and his gospel.

Mike

Well let's look at reality and put the kool-aid down. When someone breaks the law,(illegally crossing the border... A crime) the parents, if they are the parents, are taken into custody just like any citizen you see on any number of cop shows. If you break the law you should be arrested we live in a society with laws that we follow or we go to jail. Stop turning a crime into a political soapbox, if you don't like the law as it is written tell your representative to stop grandstanding and fix it. Congress makes laws not the President he signs off on them.

Ray Plate

The scripture which Sessions used, Romans 13:1, means that Christians should obey and follow the laws in the country in which they live. I find it ironic that Mr. Sessions and Mr. Trump have violated this scripture over and over again.

Phil

Yes, this IS law, by supreme Court ruling back in 2013. This is actually a law that is from the Obama administration lol

Check your facts before you lend yourself to the discussion. He is literally just upholding a law that is over half a decade old that in 2015 was doubled down on by the Obama administration because of his massive crusade to expell immigrants from the country.

David Double

So if I do something illegal and end up going to jail would my children not be taken from me and put into foster care while I serve my sentence?

power to the people

Wow, the comments here tell me I shouldn't comment, so I won't beyond saying this- God loves you.

James

Ok, so no borders, no countries! No laws, no countries! No punishment, no laws! No enforcement, what's the purpose of the other stuff. Does it suck, yes! At least we aren't killing them like some other countries. To those that want to let all illegal immigrants stay, where do you live? What jobs do you hold? How many children do you have? Or does none of that matter because you're too weak to defend you own country and countrymen! Why do people pick and choice the sentences of the Bible, law, and other statements of authority? Propaganda and political agendas! Read all of them cover to cover. Look at the big picture. Appreciate what people died to give you. Not someone else that wants in for free and us to pay for them. This country is 22trillion in debt. We can't buy milk so why invite everyone to a party!

lightenup

I see the outrage over this and feel it in my heart as well. However, the mind and body live within a government controlled society. We in the US have a voice in this and can help to choose how that government will function. Maybe that voice can only be heard in an online comment section. Maybe you have a larger platform from which your voice can be heard. I encourage you all to speak up yet speak from a place of balance. Use your voice, heart, and hands to make the changes you wish to see.

Ricardo Camara

Is the Universal Life Church taking a position on this and other political situations? Is that your role?

James

PUBLIC LAW 107–296—NOV. 25, 2002 116 STAT. 2205 in connection with the functions transferred by this section, and the assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and unexpended balance of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, held, used, arising from, available to, or to be made available to, the Immigration and Naturalization Service in connection with the functions transferred by this section, subject to section 202 of the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950, shall be transferred to the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement for allocation to the appropriate component of the Department of Health and Human Services. Unexpended funds transferred pursuant to this paragraph shall be used only for the purposes for which the funds were originally authorized and appropriated. (g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— (1) the term ‘‘placement’’ means the placement of an unaccompanied alien child in either a detention facility or an alternative to such a facility; and (2) the term ‘‘unaccompanied alien child’’ means a child who— (A) has no lawful immigration status in the United States; (B) has not attained 18 years of age; and (C) with respect to whom— (i) there is no parent or legal guardian in the United States; or (ii) no parent or legal guardian in the United States is available to provide care and physical custody.

videoscenes

This was an Obama policy turned law. All that POTUS is doing is "Enforcing" the law that's already there long before HE took office. Separation of Church & State is NOT a law either, although it is commonly thought of as one. The real criminals and heartless individuals in this are the Parents of those children. I don't have an issue with immigrating into the U.S., just do it legally. Where was liberal and democratic outrage on this Policy turned Law in 2014??

Doug Barron

Who broke our laws when they entered our country illegally? Which commenters here intentionally break the laws of their state? I don't. I WILL be seperated from my family if I do.

The best way to remain intact as a family; is to stay in your place; and do not break the law.

I fully support President Trump in enforcing the law. If you don't agree with the law as it stands, then call your Congressman and get the law changed.

Should I run stop signs because I don't agree with the need for them? I think I just might try that!

I grew up in El Paso, Texas. I know a bit about this illegal alien issue.

Douglas Paul

The New Testament weighs in clearly on this issue: "JESUS WEPT." (John 11:35)

Anna Harding

Let's call a spade a bloody shovel here. Anyone who reads the New Testament with an open mind knows that Jesus Christ hung out with the dregs of his society and tried to help them. He was also a known gadfly to those in power - both secular and religious - in his time, and they had to get rid of him. He wasn't "Baby Jesus", or some kind of blue-eyed blond-haired bastion of society, he was a certified shit disturber railing against the inequities of his day.

We should be no different. If you come to my house hungry I'll feed you. If you need a place to sleep I'll try to find you one. If you need help I'll try to get it for you. But that's me.

There is a Nikolai Ge painting - he was a Russian artist, did a lot of religious work - did a painting entitled "Quid est Veritas" (What is truth)? Here is a link to it. Look at this and think about it for a while.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Ge#/media/File:What-is-truth02.jpg

R. Tate

Please consider the danger wrought on children dragged across four, sometimes five different countries enroute to the U.S. Neither war nor climatic disaster has forced families to leave their homes. Crime and murder, not so dissimilar from that in many of our own big cities has become the chief reason millions are here flooding our borders. They are afraid? There are other places to go. There are nice countries, closer to their homeland, along the way. Panama....Costa Rica....Mexico...Belize. Aren't those Illegal migrants terrified their children will die in a hot truck, or as they trek through harsh wilderness through the barren heat with their babies? News of people dying at the hands of unscrupulous smugglers has spread throughout Central America, so they are well aware of the risks to their children. Where have those children slept along the way? What food has been provided them? No schools...few belongings...no medical care...nor drinkable water...no bathroom facilities. Many interviewed said it took a month to cross our border.

So now...we are outraged that our government is providing beds, food, medical care, education, air conditioning, to thousands of undocumented children. We are outraged because they are temporarily separated from parents, who readily risked the health and welfare of their own children to come here illegally. This is not interment of Japanese citizens during WWII. These children are innocent refugees. Their parents have broken the law. Both political parties need to address this. Reunite the kids with their parents. Then return them all to their homeland. As a country, we can not continue to maintain the hordes Illegally crossing our borders. It's more than the average US taxpayer can bear. A plane ride back to Honduras or Guatemala, will certainly be more cost effective than the estimated Cost of $36,000 per person it takes to support each migrant.

Thom Ashton

In all 50 States children are separated from parents by social services so they can receive proper care. How can these parents care for their children when they can’t take care of them selves?

Rev. Reality

Great, now my church has fallen victim to one-sided propaganda reporting. When does it end?
There is indeed a crisis at the border. Look at the real statistics of what is happening. Has nobody seen Scarface? While fictional, the basis of another country sending its undesirables due to weak US immigration policy is very real, and continues. We have the ability to change laws we don't like. We have the responsibility to enforce the laws we have passed. Subjective interpretation and enforcement of laws leads to lawlessness and confusion, which is our current state of being.

Rev. Nagi Mato

Facts are just facts: Jeff Sessions is an idiot.

Anne MarieTripi

Saddened and in shock that this can happen in our great country. This is everything that is counter to all bible teachings and of every religious doctrine that I am aware of.

Jef

FAKE NEWS Just a way for the communist to get vote by invoking feelings instead of logical action. You can not run any kind of business on feelings just as you can not run a country on feelings. You need logical common sense thinking. Feelings are the 2 year old screaming about not getting their way

Peter

Jeff Sessions relies on a "quote" from a version of the Bible (which he knows is the only true version, no doubt), to support an immoral and disgusting behavior against families and children.

The people who voted for this government should be ashamed of themselves.

Oh Mo

I'd ask Pence, "And where, in your holy book, does it say to take children from their parents for any reason? " I'm beginning to believe the reason god ordained the current American administration is to reveal how unkind, greedy, selfish, and just plain evil most Americans really are.

Rev. Elizabeth S. Arsenault

“God said unto them, "Separate those children from their parents and lock them in cages"

Attorney General Jeff Sessions sparked outrage when he cited the Bible while defending the Trump administration's highly-controversial new policy of taking migrant children away from their parents. The Bible can be interpreted in many ways, but is such a practice really in line with Christian values?”

??This is NOT ok! This is not a true Christian behavior! This turns my stomach. How dare they take children away from their parents! They are not God Almighty and they need to give the children back to the parents immediately. This is NOT ok! Yes, I am angry ?

Becca

The main issue is they are using children to push a political agenda! More than half of these kids were unaccompanied minors! Which also includes kids ages 16 and 17 years old! So they were already SEPARATED from their parents to begin with! Others were either stolen or actually "bought" by a "Mule" for the purpose of "LOOKING" like a family when in reality they are technically being trafficked! The LAW is the law! People need to stop USING AND EXPLOITING children to get away with breaking it! Liberals need to wake up and see that they are actually causing more of a problem than a solution! They also need to wake up and SEE that they are being lied to and treated like bleeding heart suckers! Do they want the children to be placed IN JAIL WITH THE ILLEGAL PARENTS instead or do they want them to go to a safe place where they are well taken care of until their ILLEGAL LAW BREAKING parents get out of JAIL?!! If they don't want to be separated from their children then stop breaking the law! IF AN AMERICAN breaks the law and goes to jail what do you think happens to THEIR children? Illegals should NOT be treated better than our own LEGAL citizens! They ALL should just be marched back over the border to their own devices! Shame on them for putting their children in danger in the first place!

Lea

It is not against the law to cross the border and walk up to customs to apply for asylum. The problem right now is these children are being taken from their parents when they come legally to seek asylum. They are being told that their children will be kept in these horrific conditions for the duration of the process (around 400 days) or will be returned to them if they plead guilty to illegally entering the country and are deported.

And shame on you for comparing those camps - without beds, where children are having to change other children's diapers because no adults are - to foster care. Even if the act of splitting the families could be justified, the treatment of those children is morally wrong. These are children. And I'm disappointed that the ULC doesn't have a stance on the treatment of these children. Whatever the crimes of the parent in this country, children deserve CARE, not being treated like - I started to say criminals, but even criminals are treated better in this country.

Ric Moore

The Bible does not say to obey Government no matter what. Paul says to obey Government ordained by God. But that begs the question of whether a government is ordained by God. And, of course, what Sessions failed to do was present the quote in context. Jesus said he had not come to change the Law but to fulfill it. And, he made clear what he meant by that in all kinds of ways. Paul, on the other hand, was a pro-Imperial bigot who oppressed people, then had an epileptic seizure cum conversion and discovered he ought to side with the Christians. Nonetheless, he says, in Romans (reading past Sessions short attention span) "For the commandments...are summed up in this word: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law." By Paul's logic, the Roman crucifixion of Jesus was justified, which of course upends pretty much all of Christian theology. But we can leave it to theologians to debate all those points.

Now as to those who say undocumented immigrants broke the law and therefore should be treated the way they are, the children did not break the law. They accompanied their parents. Regardless, children, by law and, according to the Supreme Court, by the Constitution, are to be protected. Let's be clear, many who are being persecuted in family separation have not actually broken the law, because seeking asylum, even by improper border crossing, is not law-breaking. It is asylum-seeking, for which the law mandates there be a due process of proper hearing and decision on the merits. And, in the meantime, applicants can be released on their own recognizance and NOT separated from their children. Furthermore, there is no legal requirement for separation. There is only a policy decision, which did not even go through rulemaking.

But, even if a family has not sought asylum, arrest and detention are not conviction, because there still must be due process. Nothing prevents keeping families intact except policy. As has been observed by many, even the WWII US Detention Camps for Japanese Americans did not separate families.

So this policy and practice IS NOT a matter of law, but of policy, and of bigoted, mean-spirited, unlawful and un-Constitutional policy at that.

But, it is also the case, as a matter of law, that compliance with unjust laws is not required - an established principle in the United States as it was applied to noncompliance with the Fugitive Slave Act, and with Jim Crow laws - to which the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King so eloquently attested in his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." According to those in this thread who so self-righteously condemn "law-breakers" (which detainees technically are not, until actually convicted), they are like the bigoted Paul, worshipper of Roman Imperialism, who says, yeah, obey authority just because it's there. Nothing in Jewish tradition supports that argument. In fact, everything in Jewish tradition rejects that. And Jesus was nothing, if not a Jew. Jesus did not say obey authority no matter what. He said: "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God what is God's." If Caesar has an unjust law, then render resistance, because that is what injustice demands. Or, else, how did Jesus end up on the Cross? Jesus preached nonviolence, not obedience to injustice. To the contrary, he cautioned his disciples to not take up the sword, but he did not tell them to make no resistance. His form of resistance, according to theology, was the example of his life - a point reiterated by Gandhi, MLK, et al.

Anyone who says to obey an unjust law because it is the law, in the United States, is a blind, cruel, and heartless person, if not a bigot, racist, misanthrope. And is wrong on the merits, the law, the theology, common sense, and pretty much everything of humane value.

Thom Ashton

I’m of the understanding that these caravans of souls wanted to escape gangs violence and poor economic conditions. Of all the countries the illegal aliens passed through to get to the US border one would think they planned it. Once away from their violent gangs why not stay in Mexico, or why didn’t they go into South America? They heard about the free giveaway of the US by the liberal Democrats and wanted the benefits without waiting in line at the legal port of call.

M.E.Holt C.N.

Jeff Sessions is as close to Satan as anyone can get. He believes his own lies. Very dangerous little minded man. The next thing is tattoos. We already have the 'camps' set up.

Joe

Lawbreakers invading our country are having a bad day. Their children are facing the consequences of their parents action. Crossing the border was a deliberate act. We have many families separated because the parents are serving our country.

Marc F Perez

The Administration first order of business is for American Business to make money. I applaud that, however, the wall, the jails, the immigration detention centers are a way to give money back to donors. Entities that pay congressional lobbyist in a day what many of us make in a year or two. This has nothing to do with protecting the border or protecting the United States. The movement of people in the Southern Border is being that way since California and Texas became Republics. If the issue was the legality of those crossing the border, the alleged “bad hombres” the Administration could find a way to allow foreign workers to do those jobs that we can’t find people to do. (Like cutting the grass when is 102 outside) It is all about the money American Industries can make, not about security. If the actual issue was security, why not use less electronic surveillance and electronic detractors. The methods are less expensive, however, the owners of the technology are in California and their lobbyist focus in technology not in making money of the Government.

Vincent Morton

I haven't read all the comments but at my age of 81 years I do remember the laws Germans were made to follow under Hitler. The Jews were blamed for the ills of the times and ultimately almost wiped out. I see very little difference in what is taking place today. The present administration is causing division and hate among people.

Charles Jenkins

First, Sessions is a known bigot and racist. His evil being used under cover of the bible is beyond reprehensible. This administration is not draining the swamp but has and continues to fill it with swamp monsters. Pure evil.

Patricia Skipper

Wow the comments will take a real chriatan back!! This ia absolutely inhuman to separate families no matter what Agenda is being push. The sad part is that God fearing people are starting to fully believe the mess the 45th president is spreading, people are beginning to believe the hate and division that he spreading!! Where are we in our beliefs that we will justify racism and hate!! Unbelievable, I am not a Democrat by far but i am a God loving, moral filled believer and many of you who are justfy this mess ought to be a shame!!

David

I just wonder if anyone has stopped to think what could happen to these children if the were left in large open containment centers with adults .molestation murder etc they have to be separated for their safety as well. I have a friend who works with the border patrol and what you see on tv or read in online news sources arent always true. These people are being fed and clothed and housed by a country that has no obligation to do so.

Ric Moore

To all those who insist that undocumented aliens have "broken the law," would you like to be prosecuted fully for every law you have broken - including jaywalking, speeding, or myriad other laws routinely broken by the vast majority of people? And, does breaking the law make you a criminal before you have been arrested, charged AND CONVICTED? Maybe you should review "innocent until proven guilty." More than that, do you really believe all laws must be obeyed, even if unjust, cruel, unconstitutional, inhumane, etc.? How then would we have ended slavery? Or women and children being legally property? Or labor being indentured? Or myriad other injustices that we have allegedly risen above? Or, do you think you would be better off living in the historical status you PERSONALLY would occupy if all these changes were erased? Could the United States even exist then? Get real.

Ken

To me our greatest gift is empathy. To deny our compassion is to deny ourselves, and our creator. This country has the ability to care for our own as well as others. We can maintain strong boarders as well as welcome immigrants. This current WH administration is pure evil. And now evil has a mouth to speak lies and blasphemy to the masses, and so many blind humans follow. Only doing good will stop this tyranny. We must remain positive.

JOLENE MARCELLA TRAVIS

Load ALL OF THEM on a Military transport plane and fly them back to THEIR country. America is NOT a welfare teat to the World.

Jeff Workman

All I see on here are hateful comments about our president and country. These people are being brought in and are given food shelter water health-care etc. They are well taken care of and probably alot better right now then out there without none of that. People don't realize is that the only children that are separated are the ones who don't have parents. Children with parents got to stay with them. Check CBS on that one. They wasn't happy that they had to show and tell the real truth. I'll end with this. To all the people who think this is inhumane then let's here how you would handle thousands of immigrants coming across our boarders. I'll wait

George

The local news is saying that the Democrats are refusing to come to the table to provide the required votes needed to pass the immigration bill.

Why is that? A bill is written, goes before both houses for approval, then the president either signs it into law or vetoes it.

The Democrats are the ones dragging their feet while yelling that Trump change the law; on his own-why is that?

Ura

If you don't admit these parents are committing a crime in the first instance, then send them back with their kids.

Robin Call

The Parents of these children committed a criminal act of crossing our borders illegally. They had to house these children somewhere until they can process them and relocate them back with their families and deport them back to their country. There are Parents who have committed criminal acts now sitting in prison/jail cells and their children are separated from them and some of these children are put into foster care system. It would be wrong to integrate these non US citizens children into foster care system. Unless an individual can come up with a better solution to this situation other then criticism then keep negative opinions to thyself. If The judicial system and police, Democrats, Republicans, past Presidents, Governors , Mayors would enforce our immigration laws then these children would not be in the situation they are in now...Most of all, If the parents would have done their responsibility to protect their child by not making a choice to commit a criminal act then these children would not be in this situation...The fault ultimately lies with the Parent....So don't blame Jeff Sessions or President Trumps Policies just because they have the audacity to enforce our laws and others cower behind Political Correctness.

Bill

You have to remember the separation is a symptom of the cure which is to have the traffickers stop their business of selling dreams, stealing form these people. The evil is rooted far before the separation. The exploitation was prior to the separation these illegal crossers would get a court date then not show back up disappearing into the USA where the cost over benefit of their presence is estimated to be 3 trillion dollars. This attack on our southern border cannot be sustained treating is "as usual." Wake up, you cannot let your bleeding hearts overwhelm your brains! Stop it!

abigail

As a Mother, a Grandmother, a Nurse and a Chaplain It feels horrify to me that such drastic methods are being used. Wonder what Jesus would do in this circumstance. We do have immigration laws and what that in mind, as a humanitarian- what are the circumstances people face which drive them to risk this action. How much of our country is run on immigration labor with inhuman conditions? When our labor force falls folks are going to understand the magnitude of this insanity. We are human beings first. My political bias is toward Loving the earth and helping the environment of this planet so our children's children can live, and treating every human being in a fair and just way. Hoping every human can feel safe, well fed and have access to medical care. I wonder did Hitler quote the Bible? Did we not learn anything from the genocides which have occurred on this planet in our life time? My heart hurts as I thought we were more evolved than this.

Robert Messmer

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I have travelled on three continents and I have never, ever entered a country illegally. That is all I ask of these people - to do unto me what I have done undo you - enter my country legally.

Thom Ashton

This is not a religious issue. It’s a government issue when it decides to enforce a immigration law that has been skipped over for many decades. Why confuse Government with Religion?

Bill Fox

Christians Should Obey the Law Romans 13:1 All of you must yield to the government rulers. No one rules unless God has given him the power to rule, and no one rules now without that power from God. 2 So those who are against the government are really against what God has commanded. And they will bring punishment on themselves. 3 Those who do right do not have to fear the rulers; only those who do wrong fear them. Do you want to be unafraid of the rulers? Then do what is right, and they will praise you. 4 The ruler is God’s servant to help you. But if you do wrong, then be afraid. He has the power to punish; he is God’s servant to punish those who do wrong. 5 So you must yield to the government, not only because you might be punished, but because you know it is right.

John A Anderson, CD, CIF Mons ON

Speaking as a Canuck, ALL I see here is people arguing along party lines. The Democrats are saying Trump is the devil incarnate, while Republicans are saying he's the reincarnation of Yeshua and should be obeyed at all cost. A via media NEEDS to be found, which satisfies security concerns while keeping the little ones with their parents. If you are detaining the children, keep them WITH their parents under lock and key. If they are entering the country illegally, by all means ship them back. However, coming to a recognized border crossing and asking for asylum is NOT illegal entry, in and of itself, because you are approaching a RECOGNIZED CROSSING. Someone swimming across the Rio Grande or tunneling into SoCal IS entering the country illegally, and thus should be sent back immediately. Someone approaching a border crossing, like the one between Windsor and Detroit, or at Niagara Falls, or between Fort Frances and International Falls, is MUCH different. Granted, they are crossing a "neutral zone" because they have to (that's what a physical border is, after all, which is why most of the US Canada border has been cleared of sight-obstructing vegetation), but approaching a border crossing is not a violation of ANY other country's immigration law, because you are attempting to enter it LEGALLY. You don't have any rights to claim visiting or citizenship rights until you get past the border area, even if an American comes into Canada. It is up to the Border Agents to decide whether to let you in or not. Because of the fact that my name is so common, when I was visiting Minnesota, even with my Canadian Forces ID card, I was stopped and pulled into the border post, because someone with the same name had been in trouble, and they wanted to verify that I was not that person, which meant a 20-40 minute wait EVERY SINGLE TRIP. If they had found I was the person, I would have been turned back by ICE faster than you can say GO HOME. But, they did their job, and protected the people they were responsible to. The individual agents are doing what they have been told to do by their superiors, but if they are found to be going beyond those orders, they are open to criminal charges under INTERNATIONAL law, and the Nuremberg defense hasn't worked since those trials.

Rev Comrade Kershaw

as one of the half a million forgotten australians who was forcibly removed from my own family. I am disgusted and appalled at the blatent disregard for the rights of refugee children to remain with their families. I call for immediate putting prayers into organised protest action to stop the forced removal of these children from their families

Christian

House the women criminals in women prison, house the men criminals in male prisons, separate the children from both populations - because it is a bad idea to shove little children in prisons with the MS-13 Gang members, violent offenders, etc.

Working with prison populations is hard enough without the crimes against children that would surely happen if they were locked in jail cells with adults.

Gwendolyn Lord

Sweet suffering bleeding Jesus on the cross! It is 2018, and morons who take the Bible literally need to either follow ALL of it, and understand it, or back off their meaiy-mouth use of it for quotes. By all of it I mean DIETARY LAWS, REMOVAL OF FORESKINS< MENSTRUAL HUTS< SEVERAL WIVES< INCEST< MURDER< ANIMAL SACRIFICE, SLAVERY, AND STONING. Oh, that is all Old Testament....Let's talk new. What did Jesus REALLY say: "Love one another, heal the sick, feed the poor"....Was there also something about the "Little Children" in there too? Am I missing something? Jeff Sessions is no more a christian than Anton Le Vey----WHO AT LEAST IS HONEST IN WHAT HE IS ABOUT. The NeoCons, and Religious Right Wingers would open concentration camps in one hot minute if they thought they could. Anyone who follows Trump is worshiping "The Fatted Calf", literally and figuratively. Immigrants?! Unless you were born Native American, your people were immigrants also. Who do you think is going to pick your produce, mow your lawns, watch your kids, clean your houses, you idiots! "Born" Americans all want nice, clean jobs that pay well, so that they can be lazy. Hispanic people work their butts off, man, woman and child. I have been dismayed and disgusted about the state of things for many years..Amerika is more ugly than beautiful of late. As to following "The Law".....not if it is immoral. (See: Nazi Germany.)

Rhonda Boeger

People are gong to inturpet the Bible for what They choose it to say. If it fits their needs and if it fits their propaganda. I find it quite sad. But I dont think that this is a debate open for anyone . The Bible also says to follow the laws of the land. Which these people choose not to do so regardless of the consequences. That is why they are in th trouble they are in right now.

You can not just pick and choose what words suits your gameplan at the moment. You need to live what its says. This is not a trial & error Unfortunaty... Those that make bad decisions must suffer the onsequences.

BUT.... Here is another thought. These children are getting. Better care than they were when they were with the parents. Medical vaccines food and clothing. My question is this would you people take a child until they are 18 years old into your home, teach the right from wrong, clothe them, Feed them shelter them heal them and do what ever i takes to make sure they are educated and last but not least FOLLOW OUR LAWS?

These are my thoughts on the subject . You may like or you may dislike . I personally dont care. Have a Blessed day.

Gwendolyn Lord

I might ad, the emphasis on Hispanic immigrants is a clearly defined expression of racism. Other immigrant groups have filtered in....No eyebrows are raised at the Irish bartender, or the Polish construction worker........And how about the Russian mule in the White House?

Sharryn Johnson

I am appalled as a human being, not just as a minister that this is where we are. Speaking from someone who has had a child ripped from my arms, it is a pain that I am unable to describe. This is obvious blackmail and inhumane. So inhumane that the US has withdrawn from the human rights council. That is so we can run from criticism. "Bring me your hungry...etc from the statue of liberty must be for only white people because when it comes to brown people, those need not apply. I can't believe that this is the country which I live.

Sara Rawlins

I totally agree, it's sinful to tear children out the arms of parents trying to seek relief from situations that are deporable in their home countries. But the true sin is something I'm sure will come to light pretty soon. It's the people who would benefit monetarily for operating these holding camps for profit. Follow the money and you will be surprised. The guy in the WH was hoping to help out his buddies earn a few extra bucks by housing as many children away from their families (a policy he enforced by separating families since he came into office in 2017 until 2022) and guess who pays for this? Right, the taxpayer. We are the ones who are being duped. If that large group of migriants hadn't come to our borders and ask for asylum, this atrocity would have kept going. But because it was a large influx of immigrants, you-know-who got caught with his pants down and now has to reverse himself. And if you don't think he won't fire Jeff Sessions when the next new crisis comes along, then you are in for another "crazy-town" ride.

D Golas

Drive them back to the border and push them across. Let Mexivo deal eith them. They should have stopped them when they entered Mexico!

The Rev. Brother Robert Barker

The bible is NOT the infallible word of god. It is written by males sharing what their understanding of God at that time. It is NOT the final authority. We live under the Constitution not the bible. We have separation of church and state and no church can claim the U.S. government's authority for itself and use it to force their beliefs and practices on the rest of us.

Ron

The fact that children are being separated from there parents is on no way the fault of anyone in our government. The fault lies directly with the parents who committed a criminal act. Can anyone here tell me when in this or any other country criminals could take there kids to jail with them? And make no mistake about it, to enter this country through any other than legal means is committing a crime. Even if the person has never before violated any other laws, the minute they crossed our boarded illegally they became a criminal.

Suzi Oraha

The bible always teaches us a bout how to love each others, and pray always for our governments to take the right decision for every actions.. God gave to his children's spirit of understanding, spirit of wisdom, spirit of God spirit of love and etc. By the power of praying everyday in our life we can be able to change the whole world. Roman 5:17, Job 22:28, Psalm 41:11, 1 Cor 2: 7.

SeekerOfTruth

"Putting migrant children in tent cities costs $775 per person per night".

That's more than the Trump Tower in NYC!!

Norma Battes

It's a blatant act by a government hack to coerce pseudo-religious political cults to claim god ordained rights to inflict harm on their perceived enemies.

Robert Gandel

Billions of immigrants sailed into New York harbor and saw the Statue of Liberty. On the bottom of the statue, is a poem written by a Jewess poet, The New Colossus. Part of its lines are "gice me your hungry, your huddelled masses yearning to be free. America is a land of immigrants, even President Trumps ancestors. We need to work a solution, not tear children from their parents. That is against everything America stands for

ethan Jones

I ask the Creator of all things through my Ancestors to touch these men who would be called to lead to find kindness compassion and understanding that they do not have the authority to place these imaginary borders and build these fences and barriers that separate us from our family, out brothers and sisters tare down these bars and take away the inflicted and possessed wicked spirits that control them ,I humbly ask this and may we all be forgiven for our nature to be unnatural Selah, Amen ra, anigi lohi

The Rev. Brother Robert Barker

The tRump has backtracked on his policy of ripping children from their parents under the pressure of RethugliCONs and society at large. He said he couldn't undo his policy with a Presidential order and then proceeded to do just that. He didn't mention this in his recent Trumpist rally of supporters because he doesn't want to remind them that he reversed course on this. His followers supported his policy of ripping children from their parents at the border and hiding them away in concentration camps. His supporters are racists and xenophobes who hate people of color and are afraid of them eventually becoming a majority of citizens in the U.S. over the white race. So what do you supporters of Trump who defended his policy of ripping children from their parents think about his reversal of course and doing what he said he couldn't do?

Trumpists hate the little children; All the children of color. Red, yellow, black and brown; 'cept the white. They are vile in their site. Trumpists hate the colored children of the world.

Professor Albert Logjes

About crossing the border illegally: who crossed the borders illegally of the Indians? Do you remember?

Professor Albert Logjes

You know exactly what I mean.

Ron

Well Albert, I may not know what you mean, but I do know what you are attempting to do. You are trying to start a discussion about something that happened centuries ago when there where no official borders or immigration laws to be violated, and somehow in your live in past mind form a connection from that to today's circumstance. Go ahead if you want. The rest of us will discuss today's problem rather than that of 200 years ago.

Rev. John D. Partin

Jesus said: "Whoever shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea" (Matthew 18:6). He also said: "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be shown mercy" (Matthew 5:7). The separation of children from their parents at the border certainly violates both of these teachings of Christ and is a disgrace to our country!! This sort of thing is what the slave owners and traders did to black families and what the Nazis did to the Jews!!! It has no place in our country today, which claims to be better than Nazi Germany and to have evolved from the days of slavery. I agree with the previous email writer that we also violated the borders of the American Indians and aren't being deported back to European countries. Or does might make right, as Ragnar Redbeard (a Satanic mentor) believed? Strong borders by all means, but not separation of families.

Lea Weisenbach

As always..criminals using children. First of all..This law has been there before Trump. Its about time we have a President that is doing their job. There are a lot of laws that need to be changed..And Trump is for change..The border has been a problem for years and people crossing illegally is a crime. You do a crime and end up in jail..You lose time with your family.. No ones want to see children hurt like this. No different than when children are remover from families of abuse.. We can't have this abuse of the law...People think a fence is a cage is just ridicules..Just another political game. These childern were in harmes way on their journey here. Now they are feed..can sleep safely..away from the streets of sexual trafficking. Yes we need to fix this. But these parents put their children in harms way. And Trump is in forcing the law that all other presidents have done..Laws need to change and laws need to be unforced. I'm liberal and I'm just plan tired of these liberal enablers creating havoc in our country. No Hilary for me..she needs to go to jail. One down ...2 more to go.

Lea Weisenbach

Jeff Sessions should be fired..He is not following our constitution..Separent church and state. The bible is nothing but a history book..that's it..Its not Holy..Its a book!! To say its Gods word ..They need their head examined.

Lea Weisenbach

Jeff Sessions should be fired! He did not stand by our constitution..Separet church and state. The Bible is just a book..not a Holy book..its s book..Gods word?...no..Its people trying to find Good..Orderly..Direction. Its history.

Ray Hathaway

If my Lord and Savior was here today I'm sure He would be the loudest to say, "Fuck Jeff Sessions, Fuck Trump -- Hell awaits you."

Ben

What I'm about to say isn't politically correct but oh well. It doesn't make it any less true. They're here illegally and need to pay the price for it. They along with their parents need to be immediately deported and since "our" government isn't going to do that then the least that should be done is for these families to be sterilized and required to work in labor camps for the remainder of their lives.Enough is enough. It's time to look out for our own families and not those of criminals coming in here illegally and don't share our culture.

We are all Homo sapiens, if we are human...

Ben, that sounds like the solution some other countries (like North Korea) would do. Perhaps a final solution?

Allen

Sessions is not quoting the instructions of Yahweh. He's quoting words of the self-appointed false apostle Paul/Shaul. The instructions of Yahweh often were to annihilate the Goyim/Pagan parents. That is to say, the parents who would not obey the instructions of the creator Yahweh and he knew they never would. The parents were permanently separated from their children and the surviving children were given the opportunity to learn to worship Yahweh, his way. While sessions has not combined church and state, because he is not quoting the words of Yahweh, he is enforcing United States laws. This is not a religious battle.

torro

There is a saying that the Devil finds work for idle hands, now the Devil has taken over the White House, the other degraded animals like Sessions are trying to recruit other miscreants into their sordid lifestyle, let me warn you all, the fire in hell is fierce, hope you all go and stay there.

Magus Kaz Talcott

Cruel. Immoral. Unethical. Monstrous. Every child needs their parents on both a psychological and emotional level. To forcibly separate them from their parents is pracially abuse!

Jim

Congress needs to pass an immigration reform bill. What is going on now is a result of to many administrations just whitewashing the issue. We cannot and should not let everyone who wants to come into this country. Some regardless of what has been said here and on the MSM are in fact criminals that rob, rape and kill. Look at the Angel moms their kids were taken away from them forever. We need to know who is coming into the country. Next we need to have jobs for these folks, with a 30 trillion dollar debt we cannot afford to take on everyone. For you folks who think we should how about you start a fund to feed and house these folks when they cannot find a job and support themselves or their family. A lot of folks with big pockets are screamin bloody murder over this issue and blaming Trump so if it is in fact that important to you set up a fund and put your money where your mouth is. Also how about you give your name and address to a new government agency we will call open boarder patrol so that when they come across the border we can send them to live with you. After all you feel it is unjust for them to be turned away or sent back to their own country. I love that folks sit on their high horse and tell everyone else what we should do but never seem to do anything about these issues. I say lets get some of the politicians how about asking Nancy Pelosi if we can send a few to her house to stay until we can get a hearing in a few years. I can tell you the answer to that would be hell no not in my yard. Who is going to pay for this stuff folks the American people that's who. Lets see how you like it when the government raises your taxes to say 70% so we can afford to pay for the welfare state that we are about to create. SOCIALISM DOES NOT WORK folks. It has been tried over and over again and failed every time. Look at Venezuela. We cannot take in everyone and we will destroy the country if we try.

Jim

Why is my comments from last night not here?

Tigerz

It is an excellent way to make sure the kids are not being trafficked. They need to be away from whoever brought them into the country long enough to feel safe, be fed and then talk about what is happening and who brought them here. Once it’s proven that they are safe with the people that brought them and that they are true family, then reunite them. Totally agree with the administrations handling of the mess obama left them with. As if anyone could possibly think this all happened in 2 years. This is decades of former administrations ignoring the problems and passing them off to the next president.

Jim

To Professor Logjes. No sir the subject does not make me upset it is the name calling and denial that upsets me. We can agree as I stated before that we were not talking of the morality of what happened. What was done to the native American people was evil in and of itself. But my point was that for anything to be Illegal there must be a law to make it so. There are plenty of things that are immoral that have happened in history but again it was not necessarily illegal. at one point slavery was legal in almost every country on the globe not just the US as people would want one to believe. "the evil Americans" To put the situation at our borders in the same light as with the colonists is not apples to apples. We now have borders and laws. We cannot and should not allow just anyone to come across our border. 1. We cannot afford to have people come over if there are no jobs for them or they become a ward of the state. 2. Human trafficking is a big problem in the world and some of these kids are not with their parents. We need to find out if the adults that are with these children are in fact their parent. 3. Many of the people coming across are in fact criminals talk to some of the Angel Moms. 4. The MSM is in my opinion making a mountain out of a mole hill. These kids are safe, sheltered and fed. If you have your child and forced them to travel across the country then risked their life to cross say into California by way of the Nevada desert you would be jailed for child neglect. The 2 year old that has been shown on TV and now on the cover of time was never separated from her mother and the father had no idea that his wife had taken the child until they left. In his words he did not even get to say "goodbye" who by the was has a decent job in Honduras. No one asked these folks to cross the border illegally and they are braking the law. When an American breaks the law and goes to jail he is separated from his family. When a military member goes in some cases to a another country to serve he/she is separated from their children. If some people feel so strongly about this then I have an idea. How about those folks starting an organization to house both the parents and the children. They can do it in their own home or get some of the wealthy media and actors to pitch in or hey better yet take in some in their big houses. Lets see how many people scream about that. Bottom line Professor to break a law their must be a law. For something to be illegal there must be a law on the books. Not moral but a law. Morality is a totally different egg for it changes with the times. The laws typically take a little longer. My point is if folks don't like the way it is then elect people to change the law. Good luck with that because I think that congress could care less what the people think and more about the party line.

Jim

To Catherine Ohrin-Greipp. Catherine lets say that I am as Ignorant as you say. Lets also say that the Colonists were in fact Illegal immigrants. if that were true then we would also have to say that the native Americans had no laws and no borders or no system in place to protect them from these Illegal immigrants from coming into the country. In effect they had open borders correct? How did that work out for the native Americans? Do we need to repeat history here?

Saul Good

AMERICA IS FULL. WILL THE LAST ILLEGAL IN PLEASE CLOSE THE BARN DOOR BEHIND YOU? YOU ARE COMING TO THIS COUNTRY TO GET AWAY FROM YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS. TRY TO DO THAT WITHOUT TELLING MOR TO COME! THAT'S JUST DEFEATING YOUR PURPOSE AND JUST PLAIN STUPID!

Catherine Ohrin-Greipp, MSW, ADS, OM

"America is full"?? Is that why POTUS asked why people are not coming here from Norway last week?? He then invited people from Norway to migrate here. Come on this is a racist policy and you are in denial. People in Norway are mostly Caucasian. Brown skinned indigenous people are coming here to escape horrible violence and they want the same safety as your ancestors did and want their children to be safe as well. To say they are stupid really demonstrates your lack of awareness or something worse. They are asylum seekers, which is legal.

CHARLES E GREEN

Roght and wrong aside , I am sick of every news source calling this President Trump's policy. This is an order signed into law by Clinton and enforced by Obama. Report accurately. The attempt to demonize Trump is shameful and not consistent with true correspondents ethics which include faor, unbiased reporting of FACTS

John Owens

If the way this story has been told is really true, why did Time have to make a fake pic on their front page, and why did that pic of a little boy in a cage get plastered everywhere, when it was an old pic and was posed, even when it was made? And why does it give people hysterical diarrhea to see a lot of people in a fenced area with aluminized emergency blankets? I saw much worse after the hurricanes.

Anytime an adult is arrested when travelling with a child, they are separated. If not, you could just carry a child to commit crimes and get away with them. You can't arrest me, I am travelling with a child!

Evergreen

Some Bible quoting people try to make the Bible say what it is not saying. Rom 13, simply means to obey the laws of the land. For example, the mainstream Mormon church does not practice polygamy because the law of the land in the U.S. prohibits multiple marriages. So the mainstream Mormons follow the law of the land even if their religion would otherwise permit it. Another way to understand Rom 13 is, the group conscious of the voting citizens of the U.S. have "voted" themselves representatives to Congress so to represent them when telling the government their opinions on changing or making laws. That is also the law of the land. Another way to understand Rom 13 is, Congress (which is a group conscience) have made law establishing borders and who can and who cannot cross the borders; and how to police them. As it stands, the President is inviting all members of congress to express the group conscience so to make changes to the law governing borders and who can enter here. No matter what side of politics, the President is there to enforce the law, and Congress is there to make law. This topic on children crossing the border and being detained is heartbreaking enough so to warrant that both sides of the aisle in Congress put aside their differences and take care of the children concerned. Also, don't forget that child welfare and child protection is so to protect the child, every child, not just the children coming in with parents. Even those children being transported to the U.S. for the purpose of child sex rings or other types of slavery - also need the law to protect them from abusers. As adults, we all need to look out for all children, but most especially for those children who are being taken advantage off by pedophiles and gangs. I would think that those who are parents need to understand that their's is not the only child concerned in this issue, that other people's children are also in need of protection and care.

Allen

bob fluetsch, Minister V, Chris​,​ Carl Elfstrom . The names are Yahuah and Yahushua. ​. ​ Pro 30:4 Who has gone up to the heavens and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who established all the ends of the earth? What is His Name, And what is His Son’s Name, If you know it? . bob fluetsch, . You are pretty close and on the right track. Let me back you up. . Yahushua verbalized His Fathers hatred against homosexuality through teaching the Torah. Deu 18:18 "‘I (YHWH) shall raise up for them a Prophet like you(Moshe) out of the midst of their brothers(Yahudah/Judah). And I shall put My Words(Torah) in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him." . Yahushua does not change the Torah. Mal 3:6 “For I am יהוה, I shall not change..."
. Yahushua gives the covenant of eternal life, "follow the Torah." Mat 19:17 And He said to him, “... But if you wish to enter into life, guard the commands.” . Minister V, ​.​ you ​responded saying, . " No. Men called homosexuality an abomination. There is nothing in the 10 Commandments (written by ​{YHWH's} own hand) against being LGBT. ​ . "​I have to assume that you are guessing what's in the bible so... Guess again... then read Lev​.​ . Lev 20:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,... ​. ​Lev 20:13 ‘And a man who lies with a male as he lies with a woman: both of them have done an abomination, they shall certainly be put to death, their blood is upon them.​"​ ​. and you said, "...And then there were also ​(Yahushua's) words to “love one another” and that “what you do to the least amongst you, you do to me”.​ . Well, He is addressing the Brothers in the covenant of YHWH for eternal life, not all the Goyim/heathens written about in the scriptures. YHWH had many of them killed for their abominations. ( I am not attacking the "pagans", I am quoting scriptures).​ ​. Chris​,​ ​. you said, "(Yahushua's) never said a word about homosexuality. He dined with hookers and thieves and others that society condemned.​" ​ Hmmm? . Mat 9:11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His taught ones, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12 And יהושע hearing this, said to them, “Those who are strong have no need of a physician, but those who are sick...." Carl Elfstrom ​. You said, "​A lot of Christians don’t hold the same deep beliefs as other Christians." ... So true, church christian​s​ let their conscience be their guide, not the Torah of YHWH. What a joke. That comes in part from the twisted writings of the false prophet Paul/Shaul. I knew a gay man that was 42 at the time. He was a church christian. He said, "I'm 42 yr old and I have never had sex with a woman." S​habbath shalom, Allen​

Richard Cornell

You want to remove the children away from the adults. You have people who comes from countries that have poor health standards. One item is cholera. The last thing is you want children that have some of those dread diseases from entering your school system. Remember Ebola one person came into the USA and died, life has change forever. When the Christian bible was written people died of these of diseases that are not common today.. Think that because you worship a God a plague will not fall upon your house. I could be one child away from killing all your children.

Jim

Catherine, you initially commented on my saying that Native Americans moved around that I did not know my history implying that there were no nomadic tribes. I never said all Native American tribes were nomadic in nature. I see you have at least acknowledged that there were many nomadic tribes. If you really want to look at history ok, but which history? The tribes that allied with the Spanish to fight other tribes that they were waring against for decades?. The tribes that were pushed off their ancestral lands by other tribes?. The tribes that allied with the British or the French again to fight other tribes who had been enemies? Maybe you want to discuss the tribes that allied with the British during the revolutionary war. Or the ones that allied with the confederacy during the civil war because they too owned slaves and wanted to keep them. I guess we can say that the enemy of my enemy is my friend philosophy did not work to well. You can say that this land is yours all you want but it is now the land of The United States of America like it or not… What was done to the Native Americans is part of history good and bad, just like what was done during the Roman Empire, Persian Empire, Dynasty after dynasty. Pretty much every nationality or country in the world has been enslaved or ran sacked by another at one point throughout history. While we should try and learn from the past and not repeat the mistakes made, it is the past. What is done is done. People forget that there were African American slave owners, Native American slave owners and as recently as 1945 Asian slave owners. All this history has nothing to do with the issue at hand. We are a nation of Laws and as such must inforce and obey the laws we have written to include laws of Immigration. We cannot pick and choose which laws we can or cannot follow. We change laws that become outdated or we feel are unjust which is part of the supreme courts job. People are being trafficked and some of the people coming across the borders are in fact criminals. If they are truly seeking asylum then go to a check point as the laws state. We give billions of dollars to these countries to try and help them. What if we sent in the military to take over their countries and make it safe for them how about that? Where is the crying for children in this country when they are taken out of their HOME by social services or child protective services? OH wait that is to protect the child. Hmm, lets see people show up at the border with a child, we have no idea if it is their child, they have risked the kids life crossing the deserts and rivers etc. but we can take their word for it that the child is being feed and belongs to them. I’m sure that they are coming with children for a better life not because they heard that if you have a child you will be released under the catch and release system. I know they would not lie about something like that! We need to enforce the laws we have and if you want to blame anyone for this mess blame congress who has let this issue fester since the Reagan Era. One last thing you implied that females were not important or had no status in America. Let me ask you do you know who the first female self made millionaire was? Sarah Breedlove 1867 to 1919 aka Madam CJ Walker. Oh by the way she was African American.

Jim

Professor Albert Logjes. No Professor I don't deny anything. You and Catherine have made my points for me. You want to go back into history let me ask you who had that land before the Palestinians? How far back do you want to go. How about the Achaemenid Empire? Point being that again if we do not have strong borders and enforce the borders we will not have a country period end of discussion.

Professor Albert Logjes

Dear Jim, it was successful, because you are mad now.

Jim

Not mad at all, in fact very calm, You have no real grounds to stand on. No logical argument for your side and made my points for a strong border for me so why should I be mad. The more I thought about it the more I realized that your argument was in my favor. If this country does not wake up it will go by the way of other socialist countries and counties with weak borders or no borders. It will go down like the Native Americans and the Palestinians and the Romans etc. Bottom line professor you lose. but as you say Professor "end of discussion"

Cynthia Stumborg

Let us separate the deeds from the doers...all politicians are people who have their own agendas, power struggles, ego, beliefs, level of spiritual understanding, and challenges to face just like everyone else. We may feel angry and powerless over the current government decisions, but let us keep our spiritual connection within our hearts to be open to the very important tasks at hand in every moment we communicate with our fellow human beings. Let the anger and hurt of injustice be soothed by the presence of unconditional love. The reactions to injustices played out with the separation of children from their parents at the US Mexican border must be tempered with prayer in order that the power of love in the people of this continent may focus their attention on the actions needed to help the children and parents who have sought asylum from the unsafe environment in their home country. These individuals have risked everything to find a better life and hoped to find it in the United States of America only to discover an unwelcome and devastating situation of abuse. The government of the United States has an agenda that does not speak for the common good of all. Yes, feel the discord of ill will of the imperfection of disconnected ego choices for power and control which appears to be coming from government people who are not being guided by love. Let us not fall into the same trap by reacting an spinning our wheels in anger and disgust. Acknowledge the unlove and choose love. We need to speak out for a higher good to resolve the inhumane attitudes and decisions being forced on government employees to perform the inhumane acts on the vulnerable people seeking a better life. The government is not the general population. There are more regular people on this continent and planet than government employed people. We are the people expressing our concerns, fears, of the current situation and getting lost in the arguments of disagreement of politics.Nothing is accomplished when we start fighting amongst ourselves because of political differences. Let's keep politics out of it, it only distracts us from our good works. Let us look to the humane approach in helping the people who are suffering right now. What would the Christ Jesus say to all of this? The Christ Jesus gave us guidance of how to be in love and compassion, for ourselves and for others. He is the way. Let us look to His guidance in meditation and prayer, bringing all of our hatred, judgements, criticisms, disconnection, fear, confusion and powerlessness to Him, He understands our human condition and came to us to deliver us from our ego problems. We must keep ourselves present in compassion and love to receive the guidance in service to help the suffering people. Energy flows where attention goes. We need prayers and higher intentions summoning the help of the Christ Jesus to bring sanity to an insane situation, pray love and compassion to all our enemies!