I love being a dad. I’m sure my great-great-grandparents who immigrated from Europe with their children looking for a better life, loved being parents, too. Thankfully, no one arrested them at Ellis Island and jailed their children. Today at the Mexican border, parents who love their children no less are incarcerated and forcefully separately from their children. Because both are undocumented, reuniting them will be challenging. The American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical societies decry these forced separations, warning they increase the lifetime risk of PTSD and other illnesses. History will judge this cruel and immoral policy as it does the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. This issue should transcend politics. Surely righting this wrong is something that we and our elected officials can do quickly. Surely America can do better. The well-being of more than 2,000 children at the border depend on it.
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Letter: Children’s lives are at stake
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