It is surely unprecedented, certainly in recent times, for a First Lady to criticise an outcome of one of her husband’s policies, but Melania Trump has been forthright in her complaint about immigrant children being separated from their families. She has been supported by former First Lady, Laura Bush. This cruel and nasty practice is a direct result of pumping anti-Mexican prejudice and building walls.
This is America for goodness sake! It is a country built on immigration and breaking down prejudices and barriers. Treating migrants desperate to share in its opportunities as criminals and taking their children from them is an unforgivable behavior for any country and doubly so for America. If another 50 cities are needed in the United States to accommodate those who are willing to work hard to become loyal Americans, then it can be done. Unlike Europe, there is no shortage of space or resources.
The Republican Party is rightly growing anxious and Trump needs to reign in his border authorities and the Justice Department. The Kim Jon Un votes dividend in November can easily be lost on videos of screaming toddlers being dragged away from their parents and herded into converted supermarket detention camps. That is the kind of thing America is against. It is not what America does.