No U.S. law compels the separation of migrant parents and children.
LTE by Editorial Board Star Tribune JUNE 11, 2018 — 5:59PM
The brutal separation of children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border is an abomination for which there is no morally acceptable justification. It is a practice that simply must stop … This practice and the ensuing condemnation by other nations is particularly painful in Minnesota, a state with a rich history of extending an open hand to refugees and asylum-seekers.
Democratic senators — including U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith of Minnesota — have sent a letter asking for an end to family separation.
Republican U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen told an editorial writer that he is greatly concerned. “The U.S. has a reputation for accepting refugees. We don’t want to be in the position of forcibly breaking up families. That is just not what the U.S. is about.”
Indeed, it is not. But concerns must be followed by action, or the culpability for this tragedy in the making will extend to those who did nothing. more
You can check Rep. Paulsen’s voting record here.