Statement of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Regarding the Separation Policy at the U.S. Border

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ)

The U.S. National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) has issued a statement condemning the U.S. policy of family separation at the border with Mexico. "The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) deplores the wholesale separation of children from their parents at the U.S. border, without the due process of law, as a devastating tragedy," reads the statement. "We ask our nation’s leaders to reconsider the current separation policy so that these children are reunited with their families and not subject to further trauma."