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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 January 2025. Policy to deter illegal immigration, 2017–2018 Ursula detention facility in McAllen, Texas, dated June 2018 Juveniles, showing sleeping mats and thermal blankets on floor This article is part of a series about Donald Trump Business and personal Business career The Trump Organization ...
Responding to widespread criticism of family separation, President Trump issued an executive order titled "Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation." [ 238 ] The Order instructed the Department of Homeland Security to maintain custody of parents and children jointly, "to the extent permitted by law and subject to the ...
Protests against the Trump administration family separation policy are a reaction to the Trump administration policy of separating children from their parents or guardians who crossed the U.S. border either illegally or to request asylum, jailing the adults and locating the minors at separate facilities under the care of the Department of Health and Human Services.
From 2017 to 2018, the Trump administration had a policy of family separation that separated over 4,400 children of migrant families from their parents at the U.S.–Mexico border, [244] [245] an unprecedented [246] policy sparked public outrage in the country. [247]
By 2014 under the Obama administration, Homan had begun to argue that separating children from their caregivers would be an effective means of discouraging illegal border crossings. The journalist Caitlin Dickerson describes him as the "intellectual father" of the policy, which he outlined years before it was adopted by the Trump administration ...
The report found that "the department did not effectively plan for or coordinate with the U.S. Attorney's offices, the U.S. Marshals Service, DHS, or DHHS, about the impact that family unit adult prosecutions under the zero tolerance policy would have on children, despite senior leaders' awareness that it would result in the separation of children."
On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States for a second term. Within an hour, CBP One , a program developed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to allow migrants to secure immigration appointments, was discontinued; migrants who accessed CBP One found that their appointments were canceled. [ 1 ]
The directive, issued under Attorney General Jeff Sessions and other Trump Justice Department officials as part of the Trump administration family separation policy, led to the separation of thousands of small children from their parents, many of whom were seeking asylum in the United States after fleeing violence in Central America. [86]