This overwhelmingly positive response to a humanitarian crisis gives me hope that the American people still have a sense of basic decency and a desire to do well by their neighbors who are in need, despite the hurtful rhetoric and mean-spirited decisions that our nation’s leaders are making at this time, and likely to continue making in the near future. The callous way that people are being treated at our southern border is inhumane and unnecessary and is a shameful blot on the character of this great nation. We must and can do better.