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The family separation policy under the first Trump administration was a controversial immigration enforcement strategy implemented in the United States from 2017 to 2018, aimed at deterring illegal immigration by separating migrant children from their parents or guardians.
Elian’s family separation, as well as millions of others, began with illegal immigration. That incident occurred at the tail-end of the Clinton administration, which was responsible for more ...
The U.S. agreed in a settlement last year to an eight-year ban on Trump's family separation policy. A lead lawyer in the case is prepared in case Trump ignores the ban—or tries to nullify it.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is falsely asserting that the federal policy that split migrant families at the border was practiced by his predecessor, Barack Obama, as well.
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.
Bea Bischoff of Slate wrote in June 2019 that "many of the current immigration enforcement actions that are receiving criticism under Trump were in place during the Obama administration." However, Bischoff wrote that the Trump administration's "policy changes and focus" on maximum deportations exacerbated the problem and resulted in "all-out ...
Family separations . One of the most controversial practices during Trump’s first term was separating families at the border under the administration’s “zero tolerance” policy.
Mark Morgan, a top border official under Trump, said he does not believe a new Trump administration would implement a family separation policy in the way it did the first time.