Donald Trump’s policy of snatching toddlers from the arms of mothers who arrive in the United States to escape turmoil in Central America has been a model of brutality, writes Steve Chapman, inflicting unspeakable horror on children and parents. It was so ugly that on Wednesday, Trump decided to drop it.
Keeping families in detention together rather than separated is a modest improvement. But there are less harsh options. If you want to prevent these people from absconding, you could provide them with lawyers. You could fit them with ankle bracelets and monitor their whereabouts. You could expand the number of immigration courts to greatly accelerate asylum processing.
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