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Auditor says DHS knew ‘zero-tolerance’ would split families at border
An immigrant family turns itself in to Border Patrol after crossing the Rio Grande in 2019 to enter the U.S. illegally. A short-lived Trump administration zero tolerance policy in 2018 separated more than 3,000 immigrant children from their parents after they crossed illegally - and some families have yet to be reunited. (Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
By Ryan Knappenberger | February 8, 2021 at 12:10 PM MST - Updated February 8 at 12:10 PM
WASHINGTON – Then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions knew the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy would separate families at the border but moved ahead with it anyway, a Justice Department official told lawmakers this week. ....

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