Editorial: Decision to detain more cynical and cruel
by Los Angeles Times
Apr 19, 2019
3 minutes
A new ruling by the Department of Justice ordering thousands more asylum seekers to be detained for the duration of their application process - which can take years - is another reminder of two deplorable aspects of the Trump administration's immigration policy: its obsessive efforts to radically reduce immigration, and its willingness to trample any notion of human decency by jailing people who arrive at the border asking for help.
Atty. Gen. William Barr's ruling
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