The High Cost of Non-Enforcement
A "catch and release" tale
By Andrew R. Arthur on July 18, 2018
Three parents from Central America are suing immigration authorities in order to have more communication with the children from whom they were separated after crossing the border illegally. A separate lawsuit was filed by a civil rights group "to order the U.S. government to provide mental health counseling for the around 2,000 immigrant children separated from their parents by officials at the U.S.-Mexican border." These suits, and other litigation brought on behalf of parents who were separated as a result of the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy, are part of the high cost of years of non-enforcement of U.S. immigration laws.
A June 2018 Rasmussen poll asked 1,000 likely voters: "When families are arrested and separated after attempting to enter the United States illegally, who is more to blame — the parents for breaking the law or the federal government for enforcing the law?" The results revealed that 54 percent blamed the parents of the separated children. Despite this fact, nationwide protests have arisen over the policy.
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