Many, and hopefully most, would agree that even in the case of illegal crossing of our border, children should not be torn from their parents' arms.
But even those in favor of this new zero tolerance policy, must agree that the children are blameless. So at a minimum the children should be treated humanely with adequate food and housing. The children should be carefully tracked. The children should be able to contact their parents. Finally, and most importantly, parents should be reunited with their children either in the United States, if allowed to remain, or upon deportation.
On all these counts, the Trump administration is failing. As is all too often the case, the policy was adopted with no thought of implementation. Competence matters. Detention camps and lost children make a questionable policy, unmistakably evil.
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