Human beings are all largely deplorable! We always look for someone to take the blame: Trump..

Well, here’s the kicker: a guy comes round asking for your vote and says he will deport millions of people who entered the country without the correct documentation. You cast your vote for him, then you say: “jeez! I didn’t know he will have them in handcuffs and chains!”. “gee! I didn’t know he will deport those that haven’t committed a crime!”. Ok…

Blaming it all on Trump is just a convenient excuse!!!

If Trump spent his first 100 days only deporting 1000 people, because that is the total of undocumented migrants who have been tried and convicted of a crime, would there not be a massive outcry that he has ditched his main campaign promise?

America had a choice and they made it. It ain’t about Trump. It’s about that choice. Trump didn’t cast 77million votes, did he?

The reality though, and I do hope that they make the adjustment soon; what is presently going on, is not pleasant for anyone. The ICE people pouncing on undocumented folk and dragging them off cannot be enjoying doing that (it must be harrowing), the people they are pouncing on are certainly not enjoying it. Majority of the rest of America cannot possibly find it pleasant, seeing their neighbours and workers getting dragged off, handcuffed and deported. None of it is pleasant. But what is also not pleasant, is the flagrant disrespect of the need to secure documentation before heading off to America. There is no doubt the sad & unfortunate circumstances that drive people from South America to form human caravans and head off to the USA, but they are most likely aware of the fact that visas are required to move into another country to work etc. I hope that the US government can pause and set out a quieter, more humane process. Yes, their current approach is assumed to act as deterrence, but it is not pleasant for anyone in the US. They should perhaps confirm that undocumented immigrants who are in full time employment and have paid their taxes for the last 12 months can receive an ID card that confirms that and they can remain. Or something along those lines. As it is perhaps counterproductive to just pounce on anyone that’s undocumented and lock them up. As for the ones that have committed criminal offences, I’m not sure many will complain, if those are deported (if their criminal offence carried a jail time in excess of 2 years)

We mustn’t completely lose our humanity!

It is also very likely that some undocumented migrants are still going into the US as we speak – even with the ongoing deportations – some of these folk have been through much worse and will still risk going in regardless.

It is just way too convenient to try to pile it all on Trump!