Maybe I missed something critical to fully understand this story but isn’t it odd that these kids have been coming here suddenly out of nowhere? They’re being chased out of their home countries by gangs? Where did THEY come from? Are these gangs motivated by politics, drugs, economics? Why are they singling out kids? What or who is stirring this pot?
Don’t get me wrong. Americans shouting at helpless kids to go home are ugly and mean and those are not American qualities that I want projected around the world. And it’s not fair to these kids that so many states are turning them away when they need a place to stay if only temporarily.
But something about this story seems really improbable. It feels like the emotional side has been fed an extra dose of steroids. It reminds me of some of the worst Hollywood sentimental tear jerking movies. Or a little bit like this:
Yeah, Iraq shouldn’t have invaded Kuwait but while I was listening to that girl testify, all I could think about was what were the chances that the tiny country of Kuwait would have so many premature babies in incubators. The numbers just didn’t add up. Call me a cold hearted cable TV viewer. On the other hand, if you’re going to lie, I guess you should go big.
Still, gangs in central America chasing so many kids out of their countries to take a dangerous trek to America? What are the odds? What’s really going on and what is it they want us to do without thinking this through?
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