Monsters. Animals. Aliens. These are some of the terms that members of the Trump administration have used to describe immigrants in recent years. This dehumanization has real-world consequences. It provides cover for inhumane, often extra-legal treatment of migrants and refugees by portraying them as less than people.

No matter your political party or beliefs, you should be concerned. As citizens we have an obligation to treat others in ways that, as President Russell M. Nelson put it recently , “(afford) others the human dignity that all of God’s children deserve.”

This begins at the level of the language we use. A recent example from the news illustrates the point. After the detention of Utah resident John Shin , a Department of Homeland Security official issued a press release say

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