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Letter: Asylum-seekers should not be treated as criminals

Luther Johnson, of Phoenix, Az., demonstrates as a group of U.S. mayors hold a press conference outside the holding facility for immigrant children in Tornillo, Texas, near the Mexican border, Thursday, June 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

06222018 BORDER IMMIGRATION — Luther Johnson, of Phoenix, Az., demonstrates as a group of U.S. mayors hold a press conference outside the holding facility for immigrant children in Tornillo, Texas, near the Mexican border, Thursday, June 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

Separating children from their parents is an ugly picture burned into our psyche. It happens all over the world but it hurts to see it happening in the U.S. How much trauma are we creating for our own children as they watch other children taken from their parents?