Trump's America: Smaller, meaner, and increasingly unexceptional

How Trump put kids into cages and shattered the country's self-image

President Trump.
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The Trump administration believes the laws of human decency do not apply to it.

In a profound break with the nation's ideals, the White House has made it the policy of the U.S. government to deliberately break up families seeking refuge at the southern border. This has led to the horrific practice of government-sanctioned kidnapping of over 2,000 children who have been taken from their parents and warehoused alone in detention centers, crying out for their families.

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Joel Dodge

Joel Dodge writes about politics, law, and domestic policy for The Week and at his blog. He is a member of the Boston University School of Law's class of 2014.