Washington Post Op-Ed: This is what happens when we prioritize protecting borders over people

Tuesday, February 12 2019

This is what happens when we prioritize protecting borders over people

David Manne is executive director of Refugee Legal, and Kate Fitzgerald is a lawyer at Refugee Legal.

While the United States continues to grapple with the ongoing detention of children at the southern border, another child detention crisis on the other side of the world is coming to an end — for now. Last week, the final four refugee children held on Nauru at the behest of the Australian government have been approved for evacuation and resettlement to the United States under a deal struck with the Obama administration in 2016.

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