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Separation of Parents and Children at the Border

When the reports of parents being separated from their children at the border spread throughout America's media, and therefore the people, many were horrified. Many expressed confusion at why such a horrible policy would be used. Many expressed anger that a country built upon immigration and taking in the "huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore" (New Colossus, Emma Lazarus) would be this heartless and separate parents from their children, causing emotional devastation and harm. However, we once again see the Trump administration defy the public's opinion. Sure, while the government cannot accurately reflect the American people's opinions all the time, they can at least sit down and talk with us to understand if we are satisfied with the government's decisions or express distaste to them. With this administration, though, there have been no apparent efforts to talk with the American people about the issues, but wha...
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Bad Actors in American Democracy

On the night and early morning of November 8th and November 9th, 2016, respectively, many Americans, including me, watched in despair as the results came in. On a night we thought the glass ceiling would break and we would finally be able to breathe just a little bit freer, the glass ceiling ended up falling on us, taking us back many steps we had achieved in recent history. Hate and division had won on that fateful night, and not love and unity. Flash forward over one and a half years, and many of our worst fears of what would happen under a Trump administration have come true. At the time of writing, parents are being separated from their children at the border, and the best explanation our administration has to explain this is to "maintain order," with one official going as far as quoting the Bible to explain this immoral and horrid policy. Women's rights are constantly under attack, even though there is no evidence defunding Planned Parenthood or outlawing abortion...
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