Home countries are immigrant culprits
The United States is a government of laws with three branches of government, one of which is charged with enforcing the law (the executive branch). Some argue our immigration laws are too harsh; others argue they are too weak. Much anger over immigration is directed at the executive branch and at each other. This anger is misdirected.
Rather than criticizing that branch of government for doing its job of enforcing the law, perhaps the anger should be directed at the legislature for not enacting laws that proactively address immigration issues.
Or, given that we make it known that people violating our immigration laws will be prosecuted and minors will not be housed among an adult population, perhaps the anger should be directed at the immigrant who voluntarily puts himself or his child in harm’s way, leaving the rest of us to deal with the fallout from that decision.
From my perspective, neither is where our anger should be directed. Instead, the anger should be directed against the government of the immigrant’s home country for failing its citizenry in such a colossal fashion that its countrymen are willing to take extraordinary risks to leave their home country. Dysfunctional governments that do not strive to become a government of laws are the true source of not only our country’s struggle with immigration, but every other country so struggling.
Our collective rage should be directed at those in power in those countries with such horrific conditions, instead of at each other.
KATHY METZGER, WEST PALM BEACH