Extinguishing the Beacon of America″ Response Earlier this year, the Trump administration began a policy of ″zero tolerance″ that, for complex reasons based on older immigration and law and cases, led to a process of separating children from parents at the border. While detaining children who arrive undocumented and unaccompanied at our border is not new (this occurred extensively under both Obama and Bush), many have accused the Trump administration of doing this intentionally for the express purpose of ″demotivating″ or discouraging immigrants attempting to cross the border against U.S. law. Based on Alex Wagner′s article ″Extinguishing the Beacon of America″ from The Atlantic, Should America′s role and position be one that accepts more immigrants more fluidly? Is that our responsibility? Should there be a priority based on neighboring countries such as Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, particularly areas affected by drug and gang violence? If not, what might be some ways to deal with those seeking a like here? Is there a defense for the Trump administration′s attempts to discourage immigrants from even attempting to cross the border? Your response does not need to answer all of these questions and should not attempt to answer them individually. Ultimately, you are reading about this current crisis and making a statement about what America′s position is and presenting some ideas about what we should do moving forward.
