| Bladewire |
06-20-2018 04:09 PM |
President Obama, Biden slam Trump family separation policy as immoral
President Obama, Biden slam Trump family separation policy as immoral
Obama argued that "to find a way to welcome the refugee and the immigrant -- to be big enough and wise enough to uphold our laws and honor our values at the same time -- is part of what makes us American."
"Whether our families crossed the Atlantic, the Pacific, or the Rio Grande, we're only here because this country welcomed them in, and taught them that to be an American is about something more than what we look like, how our last names sound, or the way we worship," Obama wrote.
Biden called for an end to family separations, saying it "is fundamentally at odds with everything this nation stands for and believes."
"A policy that separates young children from their parents isn't a 'deterrent'. It's unconscionable. A policy that traumatizes children isn't a bargaining chip. It's abhorrent," Biden wrote in a Facebook post Wednesday.
"And a President and an administration that continues this policy isn't protecting our border and our people. It threatens to make us a pariah in the world."
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