Zero Tolerance

Seeing all those young children locked up and incarcerated for doing nothing wrong is heartbreaking... I cried many times throughout the episode. So heartbreaking that human beings are treating other human beings this way. This topic needed to be brought to light.

I hardly ever give a 10, but this episode deserves it. It had suspense, real evil, bureaucratic incompetence and several other plus points. However, I think that the key moment, when I had to reach for my Kleenex, was at the end, when Gabriella is reunited with her mother, but the other children are left behind in their cage. The policy which allows such cannot be justified. I am not surprised by the number of low votes the episode has received. I think they have been triggered by a co-ordinated operation by supporters of (the now former) President Trump. Return to welcoming immigrants - since 1492 they have been the lifeblood of the country.

Before Inauguration Day of 2017 occurred it was possible then to view this SVU episode and say this is fantasy. Sadly it is not and if it makes those who voted for the current White House occupant uncomfortable than good.

A child who was farmed out for prostitution is dropped at an emergency room and Mariska Hargitay and her squad are involved. They are led to a real bottom feeding pimp who specializes in pre-pubescent girls played by Shane Patrick Kearns.

One of the girls they found with Kearns is Scarlett Lopez from Guatemala. As per our current policy she's been separated from her mother and somehow she came to New York.

The rest of this episode is a timely indictment of our current immigration policies and the cruelty with which they are administered. One wonders what kind of people voted for this and the judgment they will face from the guy they hold as a Deity who said something about "suffer little children let them come unto Me."

Big kudos for SVU and this episode.

An episode depicting the political climate and the impact it has on everyone. I really wish there was a way to rescue children that are pushed so hard that they've lost faith in humanity.

I have been watching svu since it started. While scrolling through the reviews, i saw many saying to stay out of politics. I thought this episode had many layers, it started out typical, but progressed to the child. This is actually happening to thousands of "illegal children" as i am writing this. It is not fake news, many of the kids are lost. Who knows how many children are in the exact same situation that were on the episode. Kudos to law and order, to show the plight of special victims.