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Monitor Daily Intro for June 15, 2018
Clayton Collins
鈥淭here can be no keener revelation of a society鈥檚 soul than the way in which it treats its children.鈥�
That was Nelson Mandela, announcing a new children鈥檚 fund in May 1995.
Heading into Father鈥檚 Day weekend 鈥� at the end of a news-jammed week that began with a new report on last month's聽 in a Texas jail 鈥� the US national conversation is largely centered on the treatment of the children of migrants.
The separation of parents and children who cross into the United States by choice and without documentation 鈥� for whatever reason 鈥� has been cast as both a , zero-tolerance stance against child 鈥渟muggling鈥� and as the morally repugnant use of .
It has triggered a White House press conference clash about parental empathy. It appears to be sowing聽, in Republican ranks. (On Monday, Harry Bruinius will look at how the policy sits with the president鈥檚 evangelical supporters.)聽
But even as politicians over the origin and ownership of the policy, what may slowly be dawning at the crossroads of process and compassion is a sense that the innocence of children transcends nationality, as does responsibility for its protection. A sense that children belong to society as it is most broadly defined.
How will their treatment ultimately reflect on humanity?
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