Sen. Sherrod Brown Sherrod Campbell BrownBipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Emboldened Democrats haggle over 2021 agenda Hillicon Valley: Russia 'amplifying' concerns around mail-in voting to undermine election | Facebook and Twitter take steps to limit Trump remarks on voting | Facebook to block political ads ahead of election MORE (D-Ohio) on Sunday criticized the Trump administration’s immigration policy, arguing the government has “no business” deporting immigrants who have been in the United States for years.

“It’s terrible when we are taking immigrants who have been here 10 or 15 years and working hard, paying their taxes, active in their church, active in communities, parents, and we throw them out of this country,” Brown told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

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“We have no business doing that. That inhumane policy coming from administration is just part and parcel of what he’s been for the last seven months,” he added.

Brown said he wants to work with lawmakers across the aisle like Sen. Marco Rubio Marco Antonio RubioMurky TikTok deal raises questions about China's role Sunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election Florida senators pushing to keep Daylight Savings Time during pandemic MORE (R-Fla.) to develop immigration policy, but he maintained his position that President Trump’s proposed border wall “is ludicrous.”

"I stand for a strong immigration policy because I want to see us bipartisanly do what we tried to do a few years ago,” he said.

Brown is up for reelection in 2018 in a state Trump won by an overwhelming margin during the 2016 presidential race.