Senate hopeful Adam Hamilton cites Jesus to condemn child separations at the border

Adam Hamilton, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate from Kansas, invoked a 2018 sermon to highlight the moral implications of separating migrant children from their parents at the southern border. He quoted Jesus Christ’s warning that causing harm to a child invites severe divine judgment, suggesting that this principle should inform public perception of the policy. Hamilton described how, during the Trump administration’s intensified border enforcement, officials sometimes removed children while determining whether accompanying adults were parents or traffickers.

He noted that separations were also used when relationships could not be verified or when trafficking was suspected. While he stopped short of proposing a concrete answer, Hamilton urged voters to view news of crying children through the lens of the biblical teaching. The remarks tie his religious background to his political platform as he seeks office.