This is from Vox, not exactly a top media source:
Hillary Clinton on family separation: “Every human being with a sense of compassion and decency should be outraged”
The former presidential candidate slammed the Trump administration’s practice of separating immigrant parents and children as “horrific.”
By Emily Stewart Jun 18, 2018, 4:30pm EDT
Hillary Clinton squared off again with Donald Trump on Monday, calling the president’s insistence that Democrats are somehow to blame for his “zero-tolerance” immigration policy an outright lie and the practice of separating parents and children “horrific.”
“This is a moral and humanitarian crisis,” Clinton said. “Every one of us who’s ever been a parent or a grandparent, an aunt, a big sister, any one of us who’s ever held a child in our arms, every human being with a sense of compassion and decency, should be outraged.”
She made the remarks while speaking at an awards lunch for the Women’s Forum of New York on Monday.
The Trump administration recently implemented a “zero-tolerance” policy that includes separating children from their parents as they try to enter the United States seeking asylum at the US border, in what some say is an attempt to deter other potential migrants. The policy has sent shock waves around the country, igniting outrage on the part of immigration advocates, human rights groups, and citizens across the political spectrum.
More:
https://www.vox.com/2018/6/18/17476268/hillary-clinton-family-separation-border-immigration
By the way, her campaign platform addressed the problems of immigrant families:
Immigration reform
Note: This page is a reproduction of the Hillary for America policy proposal on immigration reform.
Hillary has been committed to the immigrant rights community throughout her career. As president, she will work to fix our broken immigration system and stay true to our fundamental American values: that we are a nation of immigrants, and we treat those who come to our country with dignity and respect—and that we embrace immigrants, not denigrate them.
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*Do everything possible under the law to protect families. If Congress keeps failing to act on comprehensive immigration reform, Hillary will enact a simple system for those with sympathetic cases—such as parents of DREAMers, those with a history of service and contribution to their communities, or those who experience extreme labor violations—to make their case and be eligible for deferred action.
*Enforce immigration laws humanely. Immigration enforcement must be humane, targeted, and effective. Hillary will focus resources on detaining and deporting those individuals who pose a violent threat to public safety, and ensure refugees who seek asylum in the U.S. have a fair chance to tell their stories.
*End family detention and close private immigration detention centers. Hillary will end family detention for parents and children who arrive at our border in desperate situations and close private immigrant detention centers.
More:
https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/immigration-reform/
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malaise.
