Thousands more immigrant children were separated from their parents under the Trump administration than previously reported and whether they have been reunified is unknown, according to a report released Thursday by the inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services. The report found a spike in immigrant family separations beginning in the summer of 2017, […]
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A federal judge has agreed to extend Tuesday’s deadline for the government to reunite 102 migrant children under the age of 5 who were separated from their parents under President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy. Judge Dana Sabraw asked government attorneys to provide an update by Tuesday morning on which children will be reunited, who will require […]
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After local and international criticism, President Trump announced that the U.S. government will no longer separate families seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border; however, his zero tolerance policy is still in place. This means that adults crossing the border without proper documentation will be prosecuted. “I did not like the sight or feeling of having […]
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday offered a full-throated defense of the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents at the border, saying that having kids does not give migrants immunity from prosecution — and found justification for his policies in the Bible. Sessions — who last month announced a “zero tolerance policy” to criminally […]
