The New Jersey State Bar Association, along with six affinity bar groups from across the state, joined together in a letter to the U.S. attorney general and secretary of Homeland Security to express “vehement opposition” to policies adopted by the Trump administration at the southern border that have resulted in family separations.
“We as Americans hold dear the concepts that government action must be subordinate to the safeguards of due process and a public, fair and impartial hearing,” the letter reads. “The current approach to border safety serves no legitimate purpose, is clearly punitive in nature and offends every one of the basic principles we hold dear.”
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