It seems everyone on Team Trump has a rich excuse as to why our government continues separating migrant children from their parents at the border. The actual root of the action is the administration’s "zero-tolerance policy," which it imposed last month, and that calls for the prosecution of anyone attempting to enter the country illegally.



For better or worse, Jeff Sessions, the Attorney General of the United States, has owned up to this explanation. His Republican colleagues, however, have grasped for other ways to explain and justify it. They’ve blamed Democrats; they’ve cited scripture; they’ve called it an issue for the courts.

As they cast about for someone to blame, more children are being ripped from their parents. An administration official told The Washington Examiner that there might be 30,000 children in U.S. custody by the end of August if this persists. All it would take to end this developing humanitarian crisis is for the president to reverse the policy his administration enacted. Unfortunately, few Republicans are willing to say this.

Dom Nero Dom Nero is a staff video editor at Esquire, where he also writes about film, comedy, and video games.

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