The Most Important Recommendation for Ending Family Separation is to End Policies That Create the Problem, Says FAIR
(January 11, 2022, Washington, D.C.) — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) created an interagency task force to address the issue of families that were separated as they attempt to migrate illegally into the United States. In response to a request for public input, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) submitted a comment urging the department to end a host of policies that encourage adult migrants to traffic children illegally across the border and that increase illegal immigration into the United States.
“The focus of the task force seems to be on how to reunite families that have been separated as a result of their decision to enter the United States illegally,” observed Dan Stein, president of FAIR. “Rather, the emphasis here should be on ending numerous incentives that encourage migrants to risk family separation in the expectation that some, if not all, family members will be allowed to remain in the United States. The goal should be to prevent family separation from happening at all.”
To properly prevent family separation, FAIR says DHS must:
https://www.fairus.org/press-releases/border-security/most-important-recommendation-ending-family-separation-end-policies
