Sen. Kamala Harris (Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)

(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Kamala Harris (D.-Calif.) said in a Tweet this afternoon that American values are under attack as evidenced by the fact that babies are “being ripped from their parents” along the U.S.-Mexico border.

“Our American values are under attack,” Harris said in her Tweet. “Babies are being ripped from their parents at the border. A tax bill passed that benefits corporations and the top 1% while millions of middle-class families struggle to pay the bills.

“We’re better than this,” Harris said.