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You can see the migrant caravan two ways

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We all see things from our own perspectiv­es. In the world of politics, sometimes we look at things through the eyes of politician­s who have an agenda. But the visual is worth a thousand words.

The caravan of immigrants coming through Mexico can be seen as people who are looking for a better life — families with women and children escaping the possible oppression in their own countries.

I see those types of people, but President Donald Trump and his supporters see murderers and crime. We know Trump’s agenda is strictly to promote fear, and that seems to play directly to his base.

The result of this Rorschach test is only one of Trump’s dark views on immigratio­n, stemming from a deeper concern involving racism and a support of white supremacy — a culture that seems to surround him. Linda Gefen Boca Raton, Fla.

Everyone who supports open borders should sponsor a family and personally provide support, shelter and be legally responsibl­e for their actions until they are documented. Call it the “put up or shut up” system. Jim Davis

We need a law demanding that those seeking asylum apply at the nearest country and then, if they are denied, apply at the next nearest. If they keep getting rejected, then they can apply to Canada or the U.S. but must stay in the first country they arrived in while their applicatio­ns are being evaluated. Lanie Williams

I would like to thank this caravan for reminding Americans why we voted for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party. Riff Schmidt

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