US EditionTrump administration separates thousands of migrant families in the US
The Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy separated over 5,000 children at the border and continues to separate families through interior immigration enforcement, detaining tens of thousands, officials said.
- In recent months, the Trump administration has stepped up enforcement inside the United States, detaining tens of thousands and dividing families while more than 5,000 children were split at the Mexico–U.S. border during President Donald Trump’s first term.
- Officials framed the push as an extension of earlier zero-tolerance policies, with Tom Homan, top border adviser to President Donald Trump, saying `we're going to keep doing it, full speed ahead` while the Trump administration and anti-immigration backers hail it as an `unprecedented success`.
- One case involved Antonio Laverde, migrant detained after arriving in 2022, who was arrested in June, held three months at Broward Transitional Center, then asked to return to Venezuela.
- Children and families face immediate harm as children of separated families are often sick and anxious, and the federal detention system held more than 66,000 people in November; some parents under 24-hour GPS supervision still remain separated.
- Three migrants told The Associated Press their journeys risk permanent family separation amid interior immigration arrests, while families separated at the border during the Trump administration faced reunification struggles due to unlinked systems.
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Trump administration separates thousands of migrant families in the US
A new wave of immigration enforcement is dividing families inside the U.S. Federal officials and their local law enforcement partners are detaining tens of thousands of asylum-seekers and migrants.
President Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy separated more than 5,000 children from their families on the U.S.-Mexico border in his first term. Border crossings are at a historic minimum almost a year after the start of his second term, and a new migration campaign is separating families within the country. Federal authorities and their local law enforcement partners detain tens of thousands of asylum seekers and migrants, who are…
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