It's not a misguided approach. It's just one of a number of approaches that ALL need to be discussed publically right now.
The fact that in the last week - since Trump has decided to really go through with it - the number of companies that have signed up to this
https://www.fwd.us/ has jumped from 300 to 400 is a powerful message for those on Capitol Hill that choose not to ignore it.
And as long as we have folks like Ana Cabrera out there the human aspects will get their platform VERY LOUDLY.