There has to be a better way. This week ICE sent a woman with four American-born children and a husband to a deportation center in Louisiana. She has a valid work permit until June. She entered the U.S. illegally in 2002. She has no criminal history. She came here to escape the drug cartels.

The breakup of this family is disproportionate punishment to the crime. We need a bipartisan solution to this gestapo-like enforcement of the law. George W. Bush proposed a good one while he was in office, but it did not get any traction.

We are quick to bomb Assad for his actions against humanity. We are not so quick when it comes to reforming this mean-spirited attack on humanity. Hatred for the minority should not be a source of pride but one of disgust. Be comfortable in your biases.