# Separating immigrants from their children is child abuse.

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 16, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separating-immigrants-from-their-children-is-child-abuse/816206 "2018-06-16T16:45:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separating-immigrants-from-their-children-is-child-abuse/816206/357 "2018-06-20T03:26:00Z")

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> [@Ellecram](#):
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> I have worked in child welfare for 23 years and have never seen a parent placed in jail for shoplifting.

So in your 23 years of experience, you’ve seen numerous shoplifters jailed, but they were all childless?

Really?

That’s an amazing coincidence. To what do you attribute this lack of criminality after one becomes a parent?

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