Trump's policy worthy of outrage

America won a lawsuit against Volkswagen of Germany for lying to mislead Americans on emissions systems installed on automobiles for sale to Americans. Millions of dollars were paid, as lying and misleading Americans violates the rule of law. Describing a service or product falsely, furthering the acceptability of the product or service, is viewed as cheating in America's democracy. Cheating the public is viewed as a crime in American democracy.

In America, parents or kidnappers who isolate children in captive environments, curtailing "normal" movement and socialization, are arrested and charged with abuse. Civilized society considers willful harm of defenseless children criminal. Cruel and unusual punishment is not allowed in maximum security prisons (worst criminal offenders in America) yet acceptable for children in a Trump-administration society.

The defense of "It's not my fault" in a courtroom loses. Blaming one's 2-year-old sibling for lying to your parents gets punished twice. Telling one's supervisor the perfectly well functioning machine was broken at shift start gets, "You're fired!" Lying, cheating or stealing (used) to have negative consequences. People or places were castigated and avoided for nothing. Truth and honor were revered. Trustworthiness and honesty were characteristics Americans wanted to be known for at home, work and abroad. Outrage for separating children from families is the only possible expression from civilized people. Blaming others, lying and hypocritical fane of "law" are nonsense. Those supporting the circuitous route of exoneration for abusing children and a dictator style of squashing human rights have traded their honor.

The Constitution, written by immigrants, never meant today's application. Trumpites, imagine Ellis Island invoking your ideas 200 years ago. Shameful.

Alan P. Murdoch

Arlington Heights