Family separation is a devastating policy choice embedded in immigration enforcement.

In this powerful op-ed for the New York Daily News, Zoe Schonfeld, CFR’s Attorney-in-Charge of Immigration, shares one family’s fight against detention and separation, highlighting the urgent need for immigration policies that prioritize family unity, dignity, and humanity.

“Mariama’s story is not isolated: turbocharged detentions and deportations separate parents from children every day,” Schonfeld writes. “This incomprehensible institutional cruelty can only weaken what is great about the U.S.”

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