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FILE - In this June 28, 2018, file photo, a Guatemalan father and son, who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, are apprehended by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in San Diego. California will introduce group trials on Monday, July 9, for people charged with entering the country illegally. Federal prosecutors in Arizona, Texas and New Mexico have long embraced these hearings, which critics call assembly-line justice. California was a lone holdout and the Justice Department didn't seriously challenge its position until the arrival of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Latin America, United StatesMigration, Rule of Law

Research 28 Aug 2018

A National Shame: The Trump Administration’s Separation and Detention of Migrant Families

The zero tolerance policy’s most visible outcome was the mass separation of asylum-seeking parents and children. The Trump administration’s ham-fisted…

by Adam Isacson, Maureen Meyer

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A National Shame: The Trump Administration’s Separation and Detention of Migrant Families

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