Before and after President Donald Trump announced plans to halt the separating of undocumented children from their parents, a debate about the policy raged across the San Francisco Bay Area. On Wednesday, Alameda County supervisors spoke out strongly in opposition during a press conference in Oakland. ‘We think it is wrong to criminalize entire population of children based on their national origin and based on their language,’ said Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan, a second-generation American. ‘We do need immigration reform, a bi-partisan bill that provides a path to citizenship and protects our children.’
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