This Father’s Day, former first lady Laura Bush is speaking out about the on-going separation of immigrant parents from their children at the borders of the United States. In an op-ed in the Washington Post, Bush shares her perspective not only as a former first lady but also a citizen of a border state.
“I live in a border state. I appreciate the need to enforce and protect our international boundaries, but this zero-tolerance policy is cruel. It is immoral. And it breaks my heart,” she writes, citing the nearly 2,000 children, some of whom are younger than 4 years old, who have been sent to mass detention centers or foster care.
“Our government should not be in the business of warehousing children…
