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"(...) ignored a intensifying chorus of condemnation of a zero-tolerance enforcement policy that has resulted in the separation of nearly 2,000 children from their parents in just six weeks.

The separation tactic has drawn bipartisan backlash from prominent members of Congress, human rights advocates and religious leaders who have called the tactic cruel and inhumane.

(then) again tried to shift responsibility for the policy, claiming inaccurately that his administration was simply enforcing the country’s “horrible laws”.

There is no law requiring immigration officials to separate migrant families at the border and past administrations have avoided the practice. 

The separations are the consequence of the actual administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy that subjects all migrants who are caught trying to enter the US illegally to criminal prosecution. Children cannot be held in federal jails while the adults await trial and as a result they are removed from their parents."

in https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/18/donald-trump-us-migrant-camp-border-separation