There are reports of hundreds of children being detained (apparently in cages) and that this is doing little to deter people trying to get across the U.S. border even though the ‘other side’ is no longer seen as the country of the free. But such dark events cast a shadow on a country that promotes itself as ‘the best’ in every field.
Apparently there is a push for a get-tough approach although surely anyone who gets tough with children isn’t doing the right thing. Children should not be reduced to objects in a political debate; they should be running free. Let the children free (‘World’ page, “Melania, lawmakers seek an end to child separations”, June 19).
Dennis Fitzgerald,
Melbourne, Australia