The Cruelty of Breaking Up Immigrant Families

By May 22, 2018In the News

The Cruelty of Breaking Up Immigrant Families

The Editorial Board, New York Times (May 17, 2018)

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that his prosecutors will file criminal charges against anyone crossing the border without authorization, rather than releasing them to await deportation. That legal escalation will tear apart more families with children, which now constitute 40 percent of people detained by American border agents.

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