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Separating Migrant Children From Their Families Is Wrong

“The idea of punishing parents who are trying to save their children's lives, and punishing them for being brought to safety by their parents by separating them, is fundamentally cruel and un-American,” Michelle Brané, director of the Migrant Rights and Justice program at the Women's Refugee Commission, an advocacy group that monitors immigration detention centers, told The New York Times. “It really to me is just a horrific 'Sophie's Choice' for a mom.”