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Separation of immigrant children

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Detained children in temporary facility awaiting transfer to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Detained children
Photos provided by Custom and Border Protection to reporter on tour of Ursula detention facility in McAllen, Texas. Reporters were not allowed to take their own photos.


The Trump administration family separation policy is the enforcement aspect of U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policy, implemented in April 2018, that involves prosecuting all adults who are detained at the U.S.–Mexico border, whether apprehended during an illegal crossing or, in a number of reported cases, legally presenting themselves for asylum.[1][2] Under the policy, termed "zero tolerance", federal authorities separate children from their parents, relatives, or other adults who accompanied them in crossing the border, sending the parents to federal jails and placing children and infants under the supervision of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.[3]

According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the policy led to the separation of around 2,000 children from their parents in its first six weeks, though others said the figure may have been much higher.[4][5] In April and May 2018, an average of 45 children were taken from their parents per day, with a total of 30,000 children expected to be detained by August 2018.[6][7] According to internal documents of the Border Patrol, 91% of the parents whose children had been forcibly taken away were being charged only with a misdemeanor.[8]

In June 2018, U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal from the 7th congressional district of the state of Washington spoke with women detainees at the SeaTac Federal Detention Center. Jayapal said women spoke of "fleeing threats of rape, gang violence and political persecution".[9] She said more than half of the women were mothers who had been separated forcibly from their children, some as young as 12 months old, and said that many did not know where their children were being detained. Jayapal said, "Some of them heard their children screaming for them in the next room. Not a single one of them had been allowed to say goodbye or explain to them what was happening."[9]

Even before the policy was announced by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on May 7, 2018, it began to attract significant criticism. In March 2017, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a statement to address media reports of the plan, saying that using separation of parents from their children as a tool of law enforcement was harmful to the children and not acceptable.[10] In January 2018, more than 200 child welfare organizations released a letter calling for the Trump Administration to abandon plans to forcibly separate children from their parents, saying that separation will cause long-lasting untoward effects on the children.[11] Following the May announcement, dozens of protest demonstrations were held, attracting thousands. In June, dozens of protest demonstrations were held, attracting thousands. In Washington, D.C., Democratic members of Congress marched in protest.[12] Religious groups and figures have voiced opposition to the policy, including Pope Francis,[13] the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Association of Evangelicals,[14] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,[15] and the Southern Baptist Convention.[16] [17] The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called for the Trump administration to "immediately halt" its policy of separating children from their parents,[18][19] and human rights activists have criticized that the policy, insofar as it is also applied to asylum seekers, defies Article 31 of the Refugee Convention.[20]

The policy is notably unpopular, more so than any other major bill or executive action in recent memory.[21] Poll aggregates show that approximately 25% of Americans support the policy, although a majority of Republicans support it.[21][22]

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  3. ^ Horwitz, Sari; Sacchetti, Maria (May 7, 2018). "Sessions vows to prosecute all illegal border crossers and separate children from their parents". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  4. ^ "GOP fears midterms backlash from breaking up families at the border". Nbcnews.com. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  5. ^ "Transcript: Sen. Susan Collins on 'Face the Nation'". CBS News. June 17, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  6. ^ Grady, Constance. "Family separation at the border: what you need to know about Trump's alarming immigration policy". Vox. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  7. ^ "Trump administration could be holding 30,000 border kids by August, officials say". The Washington Examiner. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  8. ^ "Exclusive: 366 migrant kids torn from parents in 8 days". Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  9. ^ a b Wang, Amy. "Officials blast Trump policy after visiting detained immigrants". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  10. ^ "AAP Statement Opposing Separation of Mothers and Children at the Border". American Academy of Pediatrics. March 4, 2017.
  11. ^ "More Than 200 Experts in Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice Oppose Government Plans to Take Children From Parents at Border". Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  12. ^ Arango, Tim; Cockrel, Kayla (June 14, 2018). "Marches Across the U.S. Protest Separation of Migrant Families". New York Times. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  13. ^ CNN, Judith Vonberg,. "Pope criticizes Trump administration over family separations". CNN. Retrieved June 20, 2018. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ News, A. B. C. (June 15, 2018). "Religious groups implore Trump White House: Stop separating immigrant families". ABC News. Retrieved June 15, 2018. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  15. ^ "LDS Church calls for unity, compassion in new statement on immigration". June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  16. ^ "Conservative Religious Leaders Are Denouncing Trump Immigration Policies". Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  17. ^ CNN, Catherine E. Shoichet,. "Doctors saw immigrant kids separated from their parents. Now they're trying to stop it". CNN. Retrieved June 15, 2018. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ "Taking Migrant Children From Parents Is Illegal, U.N. Tells U.S." Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  19. ^ Press, Associated (June 5, 2018). "UN office calls on US to stop separating families at border". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
  20. ^ Vine, Katy (June 15, 2018). "What's Really Happening When Asylum-Seeking Families Are Separated?". Texas Monthly. Retrieved June 17, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  21. ^ a b Sides, John (June 19, 2018). "Analysis | The extraordinary unpopularity of Trump's family separation policy (in one graph)". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  22. ^ "Polls: Trump's family separation policy is very unpopular — except among Republicans". Retrieved June 20, 2018.
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