U.S. government agrees to settlement with migrant families separated at the border
The deal, which a federal judge must approve, bars immigration officials from imposing a blanket policy of family separation for the next eight years. It does not provide any monetary compensation.
by Jasmine Garsd
Oct 16, 2023
2 minutes
Updated October 16, 2023 at 7:18 PM ET
The U.S. government has agreed to compensate thousands of migrant families who were forced apart at the southern border in 2017 and 2018 as part of the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy.
The class-action settlement with the ACLU was filed Monday in federal court
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