The facts about Trump’s border policy
by Maya Rhodan
Jul 02, 2018
3 minutes
On April 6, Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered the adoption of a “zero tolerance” policy that calls for prosecuting anyone who enters the U.S. Illegally. Because children cannot be jailed alongside adults, families were separated under the policy. Between May 5 and June 19, more than 2,300 children were separated from their parents, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). On June 20, after an outpouring of criticism, President Trump signed an Executive Order to end the separation of families at
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