Pearl S. Buck wisely wrote, “The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless.” If this is true, and we’re convinced that it is, then the United States of America is failing mightily.
Earlier this week, the Trump administration argued in the the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit that migrant children detained at the U.S.-Mexico border did not need to be given toothbrushes or soap in order to meet the requirements of the 1997 Flores settlement, which stipulates that minors must be kept in facilities that are “safe and sanitary.