It is not complicated. The consequences are, but the motives are simple, the impulses easy to read. Put aside all the talk about the need for secure borders. That’s just talk. We know, and we see that is just a way of stirring up fear. We know: people crossing these borders are less likely to be criminals than native born Americans. The more that come, the LOWER the crime rate. 

So, some need an enemy, to hold onto power, and they appeal to a dark place in the human heart. The one that fears the unknown, that hates the people who appear different. They are powerful, ruthless, dangerous. And they must be confined, in cages, behind fences. Where they can’t be seen, where they can’t see out.

And people, afraid, insecure about their own futures, worried for their families, are told that these foreigners threaten their existence, and horrible stories are told, and horrible pictures are circulated and horrible words are spoken.

And behind fences and walls, they are hidden. And so we watch.

We witness at the borders, at the prisons, at the cages, we look over the fences. And we see families. We see children. We see people. We do not see enemies.

Come and have a look over the fence at Homestead. You will not see the real enemy until you face your fear.