For #FridayReads, I recommend that you read The New York Times article headlined "'It's Horrendous': The Heartache of a Migrant Boy Taken From His Father" written by Miriam Jordan and published yesterday.
Here's a short excerpt:
At first, [5-year-old] José was sad and withdrawn. He did not initiate any interaction with the [Michigan foster] family, but followed directions from [foster mother] Janice, who speaks basic Spanish, to do things such as wash his hands and come to dinner. ...Read the rest of the story here.
The one thing that animated him was discussing his "photos," as he called the family drawings.
He introduced "mi familia," pointing to the figures of his parents, brother and younger sister. Staring intensely at the sketch of his father, with a slight mustache and a cap, he repeated his name out loud again and again.
It was "just me and him" on the trip from Honduras, he told Janice one night as he lay in bed shuffling the pictures, taking turns looking at one and then the other.
"He holds onto the two pictures for dear life," Janice said, through tears. "It’s heart-wrenching."
Related articles and commentaries
- The Nation: "Separating Children From Their Parents Is a New Low for Our Immigration System"
- The Atlantic: "Trump Can’t Disown His Immigration Policies Now"
- Vice: "Trump Has Quietly Cut Legal Aid for Migrant Kids Separated from Parents"
- Axios: "Family separation policies hurt U.S. global standing, leadership"
Poor illegal invaders and their hellish offspring who come here to lower the wages of the working class liberals claim they care oh so much about.
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