Erica Marthage: Child detention is a national embarrassment

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Erica A. Marthage, who is Bennington County state’s attorney.
Beginning on April 6, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Trump administration announced a “zero-tolerance” policy towards undocumented immigrants on our southern border. What has resulted since is a national disgrace, reminiscent of the dark ages in American history.
According to reports from the Department of Homeland Security, federal law enforcement forcibly separated