U.S. withdraws from UN Human Rights Council

[melbye]

Hiku said:

melbye said:
They are illegally entering the United States, they are criminals and therefore jailed. Enter the United States as legal immigrants and the children won't be taken away. And UN's Human Rights Council is a joke

There have been some cases where families who arrive to seek asylum legally have been separated as well, but that's besides the point.
Even if they cross the border illegally, that doesn't mean children should be separated from their parents. (To make matters worse, some of the detention centers they're placed in have histories of serious abuse allegations. Physical, sexual, etc.)

The Holocaust was legal. Slavery was legal. Segregation was legal.
The brave woman who cared for and hid someone's 6 year-old aunt in an attic in Budapest was a criminal. She broke the law by sheltering her. 

Legality is not a guide for morality.
This is definitely a very bad look for the United States. Which is why Trump caved and signed that executive order yesterday, rather than doubling down on trading them for money for his border wall.

There is a fairly huge difference between a country protecting their own borders to subjugation and murder of their own people