Unfortunately, There is ALWAYS a fallout on innocent people when a criminal gets penalized. A bank robber who was a staunch family man. A father who beat the parent of his sons bully. A person who has an alchohol problem but is the kindest and most endearing husband. A hedge fund manager who, under pressure, becomes a ponzi schemer. All people who broke laws and their punishment adversley affects those who love them.
In fact, if we looked at the broader picture of the effect of incarceration on that persons inner circle, we would never condemn anyone to prison, after all What wrong did the 5 yr old child of a mugger do to warrant not seeing his daddy for the rest of his childhood?! (this is in fact one of the points made that HKB”H is the dayan tzedek as apposed to basar v’dom)
Yet for society to flourish we at times have to look away from the mans inner circle and punish the criminal for his crimes. That is the only way to function, everyone understands that. And so, the children being separated? that is something that the criminal, in our case the illegal infiltrator, will have on their conscious for the rest of their life. But law is law.
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