Critics of President Donald Trump’s deportation plans are proving manifold despite the Democratic Party’s brief switch to tough-on-immigration rhetoric during the campaign season. Every opposing argument now centers on some humanitarian concern, and as a result, humanity is lost in the mix. 

Complaints focus on a few aspects of Trump’s immigration policy: arrests, asylum, and the massive scale of it all. A reformed asylum-seeking process, including revetting applicants and reinstating Remain in Mexico orders, waxes discompassionate to some. Meanwhile, the recent misconstrual of the “sensitive location” arrest policy stokes sensitivity to family separations during Trump’s first term.