Letter: Border separation policy is state-sanctioned child abuse

Families that seek asylum are often escaping violence and death in their own countries. Our laws allow people to seek asylum in the U.S. when they have experienced persecution based on race, religion, nationality or political opinion. People in Venezuela, Honduras, Nicaragua and other Latin American countries are escaping such violence. In fact, 17 of the 20 countries with the highest murder rates in the world are in Latin America. The U.S. may be the nearest “safe” country!Early chi