Kamala Harris' message to immigrants: "We as a nation are better than this"

I, for one, am thrilled about the Biden-Harris ticket. Among other things, she has been strongly opposed to the atrocities against children and families on the U.S.-Mexico border. Our government has brought such pain and suffering to untold numbers people, perhaps especially children who have been traumatized by our reactionary response to their presence along the U.S.-Mexico border.  

This is a community that has had to endure great distress, misery, and affliction, that is fleeing violence in their countries back home in hopes of a sanctuary, a safe haven, in the U.S. for which U.S. policy—nothwithstanding our toxic, political landscape under Trump—has been amenable. Accordintly, please see my earlier blog post titled, "Why is El Salvador so dangerous? 4 essential reads," by Beth Daley," on why this violence exists in the first place, including how the U.S. government and its punitive policies created the very situation we have been witnessing.

I very much hope that a Biden-Harris presidency not only addresses asylum policies that consist of laws that Trump has thwarted through administrative changes, but works with its countries to the south with whom our fates are inextricably linked.

-Angela Valenzuela