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I’m a pastor’s kid and I was raised to believe in Martin Luther King Jr.’s inspiring assertion that the arc of history may be long, but it bends towards justice. And, I was raised in a family that had to flee our country when Brazilian democracy collapsed into military dictatorship. So I know from bitter experience that democracies – however undemocratic they may be in practice – can and do fail.

On September 10, 2018, President Trump visited Pittsburgh, PA after a violently antisemitic attack at Tree of Life synagogue left 11 dead.

On Monday, October 22, reporting that someone had placed a bomb in the mailbox of billionaire George Soros dominated news coverage. Similar devices were subsequently discovered to have been sent to prominent Democratic Party figures.

Pioneer Institute bills itself as an “independent,” “non-partisan” think tank, but a closer look tells a different story.

The Trump administration has worked closely with leading anti-Muslim organizations that espouse debunked anti-Muslim conspiracy theories.

“Pennsylvania was key to Trump’s presidential victory, Westmoreland County was key to Pennsylvania, and District Seven was key to Westmoreland County.”

Unlike the vast majority of the pro-family movement, which is almost exclusively white and middle-class, these separations have largely affected people of color.

Both this administration and this Supreme Court have proved all too willing, in recent months, to prioritize the individual entitlements and business interests of white Christian men.

Surely most of us, no matter our political bent, feel sad for the entrapped children in both circumstances. But our collective conscience leads us to two different interventions on their behalf.

The racism, nationalism, and misogyny driving the Trump administration’s assault on immigrants is evident to all but a willfully ignorant majority on the Supreme Court.