A 2-year-old girl found at the southern border: Letters to the Editor Nov. 30, 2024
The Issue: An unaccompanied 2-year-old girl encountered at the southern border.The heart-wrenching depiction of a 2-year-old girl who was found at a Texas border crossing epitomizes the sordid catastrophe created by the Biden administration (“Kids land in clutches of traffickers,” Nov.26).The fact that this toddler was discovered alone and vulnerable to hellish conditions, including being preyed upon by human traffickers, is unconscionable.The number of unaccompanied minors crossing the southern border is staggering — and when you consider the treacherous journey that they have endured, it exacerbates the atrocious border policies implemented by President Biden.We should all be mortified by such inhumane policies effectuated by the current administration that have resulted in endangering the welfare of innocent children.Denis DavidQueensTo pick up The Post and read the story of the young girl crossing our southern border alone brought tears to my eyes.Then, a few pages later, I see a smiling Joe Biden, proudly announcing his pardoning of two turkeys, thus saving their lives.Yet he offers less emotion for the children crossing the southern border.
Dick MillsBardoniaWe should all pity the nameless 2-year-old girl, her parents supposedly somewhere in the United States, who crossed the Texas border carrying nothing but a scrap of paper with a phone number on it.Rather than the indignity of labeling her Jane Doe, I suggest we refer to her more humanely as “Kamala Biden” until we find out her real identity.Mark G.BrennanManhattanThis why you don’t have open borders.Biden-Harris supporters can see without any doubt what they were supporting with this administration.
Where is the outrage from members of Congress?The exploitation of people in poverty who are being misled by cartels and coming into our country is the fault of the Biden administration.This is a disgrace — but not too surprising if you consider the mindset of cartels that have realized child tra...