Donald Trump is holding a rally in a rented hall in my hometown of Tucson on Thursday. I would rather ignore that sad fact. But since my name is on the building, I have to say something.

It saddens me that the former president is bringing his hate show to Tucson, a city with deep Mexican-American roots and a cheerful, tolerant spirit.

I condemn not only his toxic policies, his hatred of women, immigrants and people of color, his criminality, dishonesty and ignorance – although that is not everything either.

For me, it boils down to this: In Nogales and along the southern border, the Trump administration systematically tore apart migrant families seeking asylum. Thousands of young children and babies were orphaned by family separation and their desperate mothers and fathers brutalized. It remains a humanitarian disaster that meets the criteria for torture, according to Physicians for Human Rights.

The pain he caused cannot be forgiven or forgotten.

Trump warned about rapists from Mexico during his first presidential campaign. I’m worried about how to keep the rapist out of the White House.

Linda Ronstadt

PS to JD Vance:

I raised two adopted children as a single mother in Tucson. They are both grown and living in their own homes. I live with a cat. Am I a semi-childless cat lady because I am unmarried and have not given birth to my children? Call me what you will, but this cat lady will proudly vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in November.