There is still compassion in the land

So Donald Trump threatens to ship asylum seekers from the border to sanctuary cities. And amid the Twitter cesspool of performative snark, a hashtag springs up: #MyHomeIsASanctuary. People want to offer their homes to desperate migrants.

I don't know what if anything will come of this. It takes organization to accomplish such a practice. U.S. law is not friendly to such a thing. (Canada has a legal avenue for private refugee sponsorship. Why don't we?)

But the offering tweets lift the soul in a bad time. I came into the thread through a prolific tweeter from Minnesota: @BryceTache :

• "I’ll host an immigrant family. With gratitude and love."

A random sample of the outpouring that followed:

• "We got a couple rooms for a couple of kids and their Moms.......send them here!"

• "I’ve had people on my couch in the past and have even converted part of my dining room into a fourth bedroom. "

• "We’re tight but there’s a roof, food on the table and care all around. "

• "Empty nesters who speak (rusty) Spanish have room for an asylum-seeking mom and 1-2 kids"

• "I live on 2 acres in suburbs of Richmond Va. I’ve been thinking how can I help an immigrant family for a year now."

• "I'm in Texas and we have a guest room. "

And on and on.

Which of our over-burdened, under-imaginative, non-profits will take on helping people make this impulse real?

Photo ganked from the Twitter thread.