Found on another site ”dear white people”
First of all, “we’re a country of laws” doesn't sound quite right until you realize those laws have never been applied equally 💁🏽♀. The system locks up poor people for stealing food/finding shelter in the streets while billionaires commit tax frauds. So let’s not pretend legality equals morality (slavery was legal (let's not get started with modern day slavery), incest/underage marriage is legal).
1. Family separation isn’t just about legality.
The U.S. government under Trump's “zero tolerance” policy deliberately ripped children from their parents as a deterrent, not as a routine legal process. Thousands of kids were separated who haven't been reunited. That’s not law enforcement, that’s cruelty disguised as policy.
2. Seeking asylum is legal.
Under both U.S. and international law, people have the right to cross borders, even “illegally” to seek asylum. Criminalizing asylum doesn't make it illegal. It just makes the system unjust.
Are you assuming that people who seek asylum have committed heinous crimes? Because that's a dangerous and ignorant assumption and it reveals more about your biases than about the people you’re talking about.
Asylum seekers aren't criminals. They’re people fleeing war, persecution, cartel violence, sexual exploitation and political oppression. Many are survivors of trauma, not perpetrators of it. Seeking asylum is a human right, NOT a criminal act.
And hope you God, if a war breaks out in the US (or human made environmental disaster), countries will open their borders to US civilians seeking ASYLUM. Humble yourself a bit, although the US seems to be above law - it's not impossible.
Let’s be clear:
✔ They aren't “breaking in”
✔ They aren't “jumping the line”
✔ They aren't “terrorists”, "rapists” or whatever fear mongering label gets clicks on talk radio.
They’re parents, children, students, workers. They're people with stories and futures they’re fighting to protect. The idea that fleeing violence makes someone morally suspect is not only false, it's dehumanizing but that's racism 101.
1. Family separation isn’t just about legality.
The U.S. government under Trump's “zero tolerance” policy deliberately ripped children from their parents as a deterrent, not as a routine legal process. Thousands of kids were separated who haven't been reunited. That’s not law enforcement, that’s cruelty disguised as policy.
2. Seeking asylum is legal.
Under both U.S. and international law, people have the right to cross borders, even “illegally” to seek asylum. Criminalizing asylum doesn't make it illegal. It just makes the system unjust.
Are you assuming that people who seek asylum have committed heinous crimes? Because that's a dangerous and ignorant assumption and it reveals more about your biases than about the people you’re talking about.
Asylum seekers aren't criminals. They’re people fleeing war, persecution, cartel violence, sexual exploitation and political oppression. Many are survivors of trauma, not perpetrators of it. Seeking asylum is a human right, NOT a criminal act.
And hope you God, if a war breaks out in the US (or human made environmental disaster), countries will open their borders to US civilians seeking ASYLUM. Humble yourself a bit, although the US seems to be above law - it's not impossible.
Let’s be clear:
✔ They aren't “breaking in”
✔ They aren't “jumping the line”
✔ They aren't “terrorists”, "rapists” or whatever fear mongering label gets clicks on talk radio.
They’re parents, children, students, workers. They're people with stories and futures they’re fighting to protect. The idea that fleeing violence makes someone morally suspect is not only false, it's dehumanizing but that's racism 101.
