Know why I may never forgive the current president?

[cab67]

Last edited Sat Oct 25, 2025, 08:42 PM - Edit history (1)

Our daughter, who we adopted, is of Mexican ancestry. She's in 4th grade, and we're in an area with lots of ICE activity.

We've tried to shelter her from the worst of the news, but she's fully aware of what ICE is, what ICE is doing, and the fact that people who look kind of like her are frequent targets. ICE agents have been seen in parks near her school.

This morning, my phone went off. Amber Alert - missing child. My daughter was next to me when it arrived.

She looked at me with real panic. "Was it ICE?!" she asked. She then ran off crying, worried that ICE might come for her. She wasn't play-panicking, either - she was genuinely terrified.

My daughter shouldn't have to afraid to be herself in the neighborhood. She's afraid unknown adults will come and grab her. No child should experience that.

[Wounded Bear]

1. As ever, the cruelty is the point...nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I am right there with you and your daughter, my dear cab67!

For the horrible ICE actions, and for so much more, I will never forgive him.

NEVER.

For you and your precious daughter:

[bronxiteforever]

3. cab67 my hearts breaks for you and your daughter

The current president is an abomination to humanity. I can’t write anything to make you feel better now but sooner rather than later a hard rain is going to fall on the Nazis who did this to the most vulnerable.

[question everything]

4. Heartbreaking. I hope that the child that caused the alert was found safe and sound

[Mblaze]

5. I'm so sorry.

[littlemissmartypants]

6. ❤️

[FakeNoose]

7. My suggestion is to get your daughter a US passport

She should carry it (carefully) on her person at all times. You should keep a high-res scanned photocopy of her Passport also.

If the time should ever come that your daughter is confronted or nabbed by ICE, do this: post your daughter's photo on friendly social media, identify her as a US citizen, say that she's born in the US, and her adoptive parents are also US-born citizens. I'm not a lawyer but these are sensible things that anyone can do to protect their loved ones.

Good luck, dear.

[fujiyamasan]

16. Go with a passport card

And a laminated case that can be attached to a backpack. It’s credit card sized.

[FakeNoose]

20. Good suggestion!

[cab67]

25. She has one.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

31. Yes, but the other way around. Keep the passport in safe place but have her carry the hi-res copy. . . .nt

[slightlv]

8. This country is NOT a good country in which to raise a child, IMO.

We terrify children with "shooter drills" and now we've got ICE around every stone and corner. And if it's not one of those two, it's the wayward bullet of a gun... trigger pulled by themselves or someone else... or physical and sexual abuse. We've got it all in this country, and don't seem to feel the need to remedy any of it. SMDH.

Your daughter should *not* have to grow up looking over her shoulder all the time. Breaks my heart....

[wolfie001]

9. tRUMP's murdered many people already

By ICE, bombing in the Caribbean, hospital parking lots, vaccine disinfo. People not getting the aid (medical/food) the US used to send. Now the cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. Best of luck to you and your family.

[BradBo]

10. Someone gonna do a Luigi.

[JMCKUSICK]

11. If there's a better definition of terror, I haven't heard it

and that makes this Terrorism!

[Ferrets are Cool]

12. May?

I will never forgive this son of a bitch.😡

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

14. I hate all of them.

And I’m not forgiving, either.

[1WorldHope]

13. This is so freaking wrong. That anxiety could follow her forever.

I imagine just going to school terrifies you both. I'm so sad for your family. I'm pleading with the universe that good wins over evil. We the people can not let him win. 💙💙💙💙

[chouchou]

15. I understand. It's just wonderful to wake up and replay Germany in the fucking Dark-Ages.

That piece-of-human-garbage destroys every happiness vibes that's flying around this whole planet.

[ShazzieB]

17. Fuck those fucking ICE fuckers. 😡😠🤬

Sorry for the extreme language, but I can't of any other words strong enough to express what I think of ICE's depredations, desecrations, and despoliations. They are an abomination and an outrage. This should NOT be allowed to continue, but who the hell is going to stop it and how?

[Grim Chieftain]

18. He is evil beyond words

I am not given to hatred, but I despise him.

I am so sorry for the pain and fear he caused you and your daughter.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

32. Despise is a very good word and a suitable replacement for "hate". Loathe is also very applicable. . . . nt

[chouchou]

19. We don't have to make-up a Monster for Halloween..We have one in the Whitehouse.

[democrank]

21. I can't find the words, cab67.

Awful that you and your family have to go through this. Please hug your daughter for me.

[DBoon]

22. and the most evil part is

people like Stephen Miller want you daughter to be afraid and take pleasure in her fear.

[electric_blue68]

26. People like him/that are So Evil!

[elleng]

23. Please tell her that all of Democratic Underground are happy she's here

[Evolve Dammit]

24. That is horrific. This is sheer terror unleashed on AMERICANS. Please give your daughter an extra hug from DU friends.

[Duncanpup]

27. Hug your daughter from me.

[AllaN01Bear]

28. i never forgave :

ron ray gun
both of the shrubs .
trickey dickey

[electric_blue68]

29. Gentle hugs to your daughter, and you. So hideous to feel terrorized by ICE.

[B.See]

30. The same terror as it was for

Jews and other persecuted peoples in Hitler's Nazi Germany. For the elderly, the infirm, families, women, and even children.

Fascists don't care. The terror of others is how they GET OFF.

[babylonsister]

33. Hugs to you and your daughter. I'm

so sorry you're forced to deal with these ICE monsters.

[LoisB]

34. That's a damned shame. No child should be afraid to go to school, play outside, go to the store

...be a child. I effing HATE these goons. I wonder how many of the brown-shirts have 4th grade children? May the angels protect your little one.

[stage left]

35. I am

So sorry.

[LittleGirl]

36. Forgive? Never

I am a proud grandchild of Italian immigrants and I’m married to a naturalized citizen. The fear keeps me up at night. His skin is brown too. I will never forgive this administration for making racism a reason for assault. It’s unforgivable in a country built by immigrants!

[Sailingdiver]

37. I completely understand.

My bonus daughter, in fifth grade, is Thai. Her mom is a naturalized citizen and my bonus daughter has derivative citizenship (effective earlier this year before the idiot let geobbels jr in charge).

I am constantly worried about her and what would happen if the terrorists ICE went to their school or pulled her and her mom over at some kind of stop.

Her grandfather (my wife's father) has been very ill lately and they are asking do I think it's safe for them to leave the country if he passes (and be able to return).

I honestly do not know but my initial thought is not without a whole bunch of difficulty. And, is it going to be worth it (I know that sounds crass but I don't mean it to).

I'll never forgive the orange pedo or most of those who voted for him.

She is a ray of sunshine. I try to keep the violence and terroristic actions from her, but it's not easy.

[electric_blue68]

39. Hug to you, and your bonus daughter....

One of my longest time friends spent nearly ?20 yrs in Thailand. Lots of stories in her letters to me of living there.

[Sailingdiver]

43. Made my day

Bonus daughter had an assignment to write down her thoughts and feelings about Heman Sweatt and not being accepted at UT Law School.

After a lot of discussion and me pulling thoughts out of her we were able to complete her class assignment.

I will say it was very enlightening and we had a good conversation.

We ended the conversation with her calling me her bestie.

Tears of joy.

[11 Bravo]

38. That is a feature, not a bug, in Trump's immigration "policy".

Which makes what your daughter is suffering all the more heart-breaking.
Please give her a big hug and tell her that an old white guy in Virginia is thinking of her.

[mcar]

40. I'm so sorry, cab67

No child should have to experience this trauma.

A friend's daughter is half Iranian (father). She is married to an American citizen from Nicaragua. Friend's 2 beautiful, brown granddaughters attend a Spanish immersion middle school in Philadelphia. The school has been regularly locking down because of ICE outside.

These monsters are terrorizing children.

[LilElf70]

41. I will NEVER

forgive him.

The position of president of this great country was created to lead the people and the country into the future. NOT to destroy and grift and steal from the people. And this is just a small list of the things this man has done.

[vapor2]

42. Just why the f**k are there even troops in our streets

The cruelty and sadism of this regime is endless