For millions of refugees and asylum seekers around the world, death may seem more merciful than what they have to endure before, during, and after migration, especially during a pandemic that has crippled even the strongest of countries.
We sat outside together to write this article, two fully vaccinated physicians. We showed up wearing masks and looked at each other as we sat down: “Do we take them off now?”
The forcible separation of more than 5,000 migrant children from their parents is a stark example of appalling cruelty that comprises a dark aspect of the Trump administration’s legacy — but it is also a fundamental attack on human rights that the Biden White House must rectify.
