The demonstration against a camp for immigrant youths may be well-intended but has not been well-thought out in its consequences.
Preventing the use of established facilities at Moffett Field will mean that more of these young people will be held this Summer in tents that are broiling hot in the Texas sun, in the care of for-profit avaricious contractors.
Better that these young people be held in a receptive environment in decent housing here in Santa Clara County.
The political consequences of ‘easy release’ are even worse in the long run. We already have too much child poverty here in this country. Should we add to it? And, if we don’t hold these youths, many more will come our way.
It has been said that we are caught between the humanitarian and the practical. Personally, I see that if we act with our hearts rather than our heads, we will ultimately make the situation worse.
And, in the end, Donald Trump will have another campaign slogan for 2024.

Jack, I respectfully disagree. While these NASA camps may be marginally more humane than one alternative, this is no reason not to speak out. This half-measure is still unacceptably cruel, and it would linger on the conscience of good people to see it and say nothing in opposition.

It seems to me that we can combine our hearts and our heads in this situation. Let's look at the positive side, and consider the possibility that at Moffett Field there may be appropriate facilities to better shelter children and teens temporarily instead of at the border. So, don't eliminate the possibility out of hand. There may also be many in the surrounding communities who are willing and able to provide support in various ways to these young people.

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This is the type of thinking that we need. Trying to find a practical but humane approach to resolve the problem. We may not be able to come up with the perfect solution, but at least we will alleviate the suffering of these children while we work out a long-term answer.

The areas under consideration are former Military housing and dormitories, more than adequate to house these youths comfortably and humanely. There's also plenty of room for HHS support personnel to provide medical, educational, legal and whatever other services necessary to relocate them to relatives or foster homes. I'm in full agreement with Jack.

Good discussion here. It is also important to remember that the federal government is talking about temporarily housing minors who come across the border unaccompanied, not minors who have been forcibly separated from their parents by border officials. The alternatives to housing unaccompanied minors are not good. It would be far worse to turn them away or release them into the community without locating adult sponsors.

The protestors have good intentions, but perhaps are letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. Surely dorms at Moffett Field are better than tents or barracks. They certainly aren't the same as cages, and there is no evidence of family separation. They shouldn't be permanent, but they could be a decent place for children who have arrived without their parents to stay while better places are arranged. This is a good-faith attempt to deal with a very difficult situation. Let's not automatically object unless we have a better solution.

Safety of the site is also at issue. It's a Superfund site. Housing children who are still growing at a Superfund site is not care--it's creating more harm.

As to if children are still being separated from family, Sen. Chris Murphy was at the border today and a child told him she was separated from her grandmother. So, family separations are still happening because a child may be accompanied by an older sibling, aunt, uncle, or grandparent. Still cruel.