interested in solutions. And honestly, even though it's a supercharged political issue, from a pure policy perspective there is an incredible amount of common ground and policy that almost writes itself.

It's not that no Republicans are interested, it's that Trump's GOP won't allow it. They're all terrified (rightly) of his turning on them in a primary or even abandoning them in a general. And he and his advisors, or at least the ones hoo have his ear, don't have any philosophy, policy expertise, or even interest in solving the problem. We've all seen the completely contradictory tweets just over the last week.

And yes, there are plenty of folks on social media, including this page, hoo seem to enjoy pointing out that the parents must be awful (can you imagine how much you have to want to flee your crime-ravaged country to put yourself, much less your kids, through all this?) Or hoo snidely say "let's take care of our own kids, first"--as if not destroying the lives of innocent asylum seekers is somehow incompatible with, say, investing in education (I'll only briefly mention that most of the people using this particular line of argument are usually at odds with domestic spending on things like, you know, kids). Or hoo say "well, if they wouldn't break the law, no one would be separated" (ignoring that if you're seeking asylum, whether at a POE or anywhere else, you're not "breaking the law", and that even if you're not seeking asylum, for first-time offenders it's a misdemeanor at worst.

There's unquestionably a glee, a self-righteousness, a cruel judgment that comes with these flimsy and ill-informed arguments. I'm glad you don't fall into that category, but plenty do, on TV (womp, womp), on fb and twitter (although some of them are pretty transparently working in St. Petersburg), and here.