Dr. Jay E. Berkelhamer, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said the policy "punishes babies who, according to the Constitution, are citizens because they were born here".
Zakiyah Ansari, a Brooklyn parent who is part of the Coalition for Educational Justice, a group that organized the news conference, said the policy punished children for "things they really don't have any control over".
Bad trade policy punishes Ecuador instead of Chevron.
This policy punishes the most vulnerable in our society who had nothing to do with their parents' actions, and it has no place in the United States of America.
The influx of immigrants looking for work thanks to free trade agreements like NAFTA has led to the inevitable exploitation of immigrant labor, which will continue as long as U.S. immigration policy punishes the exploited rather than the companies exploiting them.
Both of these policies punish the needy and diminish the chances of an economic recovery.
So you know well that educators, parents, psychologists and other experts disagree on whether annual testing is wise, whether kindergarten is not too early to teach reading, phonics is the only approach, zero-tolerance policies punish minor infractions appropriately and not too severely, and abstinence education is effective.
Apple has spent billions making the iPhone one of the best and most-used pocket cameras in the world — but its storage policies punish the most prolific photographers.
Some school policies punish both parties in a "fight" in ways that reward the bullies.
Mr. Ramos said that two million students were brought to the country as children by illegal-immigrant parents and that Mr. Gingrich favored policies "punishing" them.
