A Nation's Pride, A Nation's Shame

Today, all 12 boys and their Thai soccer team coach were rescued from the cave they've been trapped in for 18 days. The skill and heroics of the rescue team -- Thai Navy SEAL members, cave diving experts from all over the world, some U.S. military specialists, and many others -- cannot be overstated. It was a very dangerous and physically demanding operation with parts of the cave flooded, and they succeeded. Now, the parents of the boys can welcome them home.

There won't be a welcome home or even a reunion for dozens of migrant children who were separated by force from their parents on the southern border as a result of demagogue Donald "Rump" Trump's policy. A Federal judge set tomorrow as the deadline for reuniting children under the age of 5, and only 54 out of 102 have been reunited. The judge has now extended the deadline, after rejecting Rump's request for long-term detention. There are still over 2,300 children in detention camps across the country, many in cages, with the Rump Administration incapable of assuring that each child and parent can be identified and linked up.

Two nations, one bursting with pride, the other covered in shame.