“This is not the best face of a great nation. This is the underside of a great stone, which when lifted sends creepy things slithering in all directions. We are better than this. We are more compassionate than this. We are more honorable than this.”

Read more of The New York Times’ Charles M. Blow’s powerful essay http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/opinion/tears-for-the-border-children.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0