The story is both a case for a political bureaucracy and also an opportunity to point out to voterswhwe may not understand their role in our society. I heard from some career border enforcement officials, for example, that they would never have supported separating families if they'd known that it was under consideration. A political bureaucracis is huge and often conflicted. They're kind of like any other disgruntled work force who rolls their eyes every time and administration changes. And so based on that alone, if they had been allowed to participate, they would have objected. But what happened here is that they were just left out of the room in putting together the the scenes that make up the story.