I feel like refusing refuge to immigrant children is inhumane at BEST.
At worse, it's a testament to the "white man's" long-running, convoluted feelings of superiority and elitism regarding all other races and cultures.
When America worked over the first European settlers, it was the Native Americans who made sure it was possible for the Puritan way of life to exist outside of Europe. Their humanitarian efforts were met with fake treaties, smallpox epidemics, and the stripping away of their identity in the hopes that they could be converted to Christianity. Now, they struggle to keep their culture and traditions alive while living in poverty on lands given to them by the oh so generous government (is giving someone land that's technically theirs actually generous though? They had first dibs, yo.)
Even before the Puritans, Europeans were touching down in lands close to ours and wreaking havoc to what was a wealthy, thriving culture (Cortez in Central America anyone?)
And the hell we put African Americans through? We basically told them they weren't even completely human, and that we were above them. Then forced them to come to our land and work for us.
It's like we've swirled around our fingers in everyone else's pies while our own is under high security, guarded by red necks with assault rifles and beer bellies who like to pass the time by shooting at Pepsi cans.
I understand the argument, "but then we'd have to champion humanitarian campaigns for all struggling children." For awhile there I was hung up on such a refute because it's true. Why these children? But you want to know why? Because they're asking for help, damn it. Nowhere else is singing the praise of America and I bet if you started reading international news outlets you'd see foreign countries don't hold us in high respect anyways and would likely prefer we stay out.
But not these children. They are knocking at our door, asking for help. Isn't there some analogy about Jesus knocking on a door without a knob, asking to be let in? Think about it.
