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You can do both, it's not mutually exclusive.

On this case, I don't think your Law requires children to be imprisoned away from their parents, nor that it requires that illegal immigrants be imprisoned instead of deported. If that is really the case, the blame falls entirely on the people enforcing it.

When my parents went to jail, I didnt go with them. There are obvious logical considerations both sides are ignoring here. While seperation is clearly not good, the alternatives may be worse in some cases, as they were mine.

This is whataboutism. You can and you should engage politically against every level of institutions who hurt moral principles you believe in.