Ben Shapiro presents the logic plainly on illegal immigrants and separation from families. No matter who you are, when in the United States, you commit a crime, you are tried and convicted of this crime, and are sentenced to prison for the crime, you are separated from your family. Being separated from your family is a natural and potential consequence of commiting a crime. Being here illegally – a crime – carries the natural and potential consequence of deportation and separation from your family.

For me, extrapolating out, there is an important difference worth considering. With imprisonment you can’t take your family with you. With deportation you can take your family with you. Imprisonment, there is no choice on family separation. Deportation, it’s your choice to leave your family behind.