U.S. Divided Over “Zero Tolerance” for Immigration
Wetland through beams of the international border wall between Texas and Mexico. Credit: Steve Hillebrand/USGS
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site examines the growing conflict and protest about the “zero tolerance” immigration policy recently enacted by the Trump administration.
For the past five weeks, the Trump administration has been exercising a “zero tolerance” policy toward illegal immigration. Under this new policy, roughly 70 children per day have been separated from their parents and sent to federal shelters run by the Department of Health and Human Services, while their parents wait to face prosecution. So far, more than 2,300 children have been separated from their families, provoking widespread public outrage.
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