Letter: Punishing innocent children is a shameful act for nation - Gainesville Times

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Letter: Punishing innocent children is a shameful act for nation

People who were taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas,In this Sunday, June 17, 2018, photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. - photo by Associated Press

06232018 IMMIGRATION BORDER — People who were taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas,In this Sunday, June 17, 2018, photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. - photo by Associated Press

Today our nation wears the hat of scorn. Many choices made in America’s past have not been good. Nothing carries the stigma of hatred more than our government’s taking the children of the Hispanic people.