"The use of criminal charges against parents caught crossing the border (illegally) triggers a legal situation that necessitates separating children, while the use of civil immigration detention and removal does not require this to occur. When adults are detained and prosecuted in the criminal justice system for immigration offenses, their children cannot, by law, be housed with them in criminal jails, so the family unit is separated. The children are placed with the Department of Health and Human Services in shelters until they can be released to a family member, guardian, or foster family in the United States."
Mid Terms are coming, economy is booming, Dems are behind in the polls and Kids... everyone cares about criminals and their kids all the sudden... yet somehow....
"Schumer rejects GOP proposal to address border crisis"
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3...-border-crisis
... but "politics" has nothing to do with it.