We, the people, demand answers about children separated from families

Let’s spread the scrutiny around

I agree with the Sunday letter to the editor under the headline, “Take a good, hard Senate look.” (4B) Not only should the FBI investigate every member of the U.S. Senate, it should examine their high school yearbooks, as well.

Answers now about reuniting children

When the U.S. government forcibly took immigrant children from their parents, the government became responsible for their well-being and must account for their care.

Why have all the separated immigrant children been uprooted from different parts of the country, in the middle of the night, to be relocated to a tent city in the desert in south Texas?

Why the middle of the night? Why the middle of the desert?

Some were taken from foster homes. Why?

These children used to receive regular schooling and regular access to legal representation. Now they get textbooks with no instruction and have limited access to legal representation.

This proves that the administration has no plan for family reunification and wants the children out of sight and out of mind.

The only reason for a mass, undercover relocation to a remote area can be to limit public scrutiny.

I want answers. My tax dollars are paying for this crime against humanity.

I want to know from independent observers that these children are well-cared-for and not just warehoused. I want actual, transparent actions that speed up family reunification using DNA.

Look at drivers, not cameras

I don’t think red light cameras are the principal cause of rear-end collisions, which are primarily caused by drivers going too fast or following too close. (Sept. 26, 1A, “Governor says Texas should ban red light cameras”)

I think drivers need to be more aware and drive more safely.

Don’t let them settle in

I agree with Richard Greene’s columns 95 percent of the time. In fact, I agree that term limits at the local and county levels are not a good idea. (Sept. 30, 6B, “Arlington’s Vandergriff era proves that term limits are a bad idea”) Our elected representatives live in the same neighborhoods, go to the same churches and shop in the same grocery stores as we do.

But term limits are desperately needed at the federal level. We have them for the president, and we need them for Congress. Maybe three four-year terms in the House and two six-year terms in the Senate would be about right — enough time to have an impact if you have something to offer, but not enough to become corrupted by power and influence peddlers who care not for us little guys and gals.

If you disagree, you must not be paying attention.

And save the keystrokes about all the reasons not to have term limits. I’ve heard them all and would gladly trade those in for getting rid of the pond scum in D.C.

Punish all crimes the same

We have recently read a great number of news reports revealing serious sexual abuse of young boys by priests. These reports have also revealed that this abuse is more prevalent than originally thought.

I have seen relatively very few instances of priests being brought to trial in criminal courts. Are they not subject to the law of the land like common citizens?