Just Wondering: What if the Children from Central American Were Blonde?

Not only blonde, but products of an excellent school system, like, say, Norway's.  And none of them was over the age of 5.

I'll bet Americans would be lining up to adopt.  There wouldn't be complaints about too many, too needy, illegal, a burden to the system.

I was thinking this morning about the Americans who rushed to adopt children from Russia and Romania, young children whose skin color matched their own, despite the fact that were thousands of non-Caucasian American children who need adopting.  Children from those countries were hot property then, even though they were underprivileged, often from tragic circumstances. 

It doesn't sound as though the Central American children "pouring" over the Texas border need parents.  They need care, safety, opportunity to live their lives without being enslaved to drug cartels, or being killed.  After I read an article in the New York Times on Sunday, I thought, how can we say "no" to this humanitarian crisis?  (You can hear the journalist on NPR here)

I know we need comprehensive reform of the immigration system.  In the meantime, what about these kids?

Off to the pool now to flail away some of my frustration and sadness.