We shouldn't need historical contexts or counterparts for Donald Trump's illegal and immoral Executive Orders on immigration and refugees to protest and resist these horrific steps. But I would point to one particularly under-remembered American figure and history, the inspiring yet tragic story of Yung Wing (1828-1912). Just as Trump's Executive Orders affect not only new arrivals but current American residents and communities, so too was the Chinese Exclusion Act overtly designed to impact and even destroy the existing Chinese American community. Nevertheless, ... the department does not feel that it can properly recognize him as a citizen of the United States." Deeply traumatized by their extended separation and by fears for Yung's life, Mary passed away, leaving Morrison and Bartlett to be fostered out to family friends in New England.

Source: Huffington Post January 28, 2017 23:25 UTC