RELEASE: New CAP Report Highlights How Accountability Is Vital To Bring Justice After the Family Separation Policy
Date: April 12, 2021
Phone: 202.481.8145
Washington, D.C. Individual and collective accountability for the family separation policy established by the Trump administration is needed to hold people responsible; restore public faith in government institutions and American ideals; prevent further abuses and degradation of the rule of law; and provide appropriate redress. These are the main conclusions of a report released today by the Center for American Progress.
The infamous family separation policy started in 2017, with a pilot program in El Paso, Texas, implemented by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, to systematically separate hundreds of children from their parents at the border. Despite clear issues with that program, officials recklessly pursued separations, traumatizing thousands. To date, hundreds of children take
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