Migrant caravan are women and children

A new level of lies and hatred from Trump: echo opinion letter published in the El Paso Times

Migrant caravan are a desperate group of humans in need of compassion

The president’s idea that invading “hoards” of women, children and men are coming to the USA with biblical diseases (diseases that have been eradicated for centuries) and accompanied by “cop killers” is hard to contemplate, even by his previous outlandish remarks.

Anyone with a clear mind knows that women and children walking thousands of miles indicate they are in excellent physical condition. This mass of hopefuls doesn’t know it yet, but the deadliest man-made diseases (ignorance, bigotry, racism, poverty and greed) await them at the border. It’s a disease that has plagued the nation for generations.

The facts are, these women and children have been played with a cruel joke. They are told America is the “greatest” country in the world, the place where “dreams come true.” That might have been true in the past, but the Trump administration has made it a place where dreams die, not just for fleeing desperate migrants, but the entire country.

Great countries don’t cage their children, nor deny them medical treatment, proper nourishment and education. They do not incarcerate complete generations of young men and women or allow gun violence to murder children in classrooms and churches. Great countries don’t discriminate against their citizens or deny them the right to vote.

Decades of American anti-democratic and deadly covert activities and policies in Latin America are now coming back to haunt the nation.

Donald Trump is using terror tactics on our border to divert attention from problems that impact the nation.

Fermin-Fermon Torres

Las Cruces, New Mexico