The FAQs: What You Should Know About Family Separation at the Border
What just happened?
Over the past six weeks, immigration officials have separated hundreds of migrant families who have either crossed into the United States illegally or have sought political asylum.
A change in immigration policy by the Trump administration is resulting in thousands of children being housed separately from their parents as they await adjudication. The children are being kept in separate facilities and are unable to see their parents for an indefinite period of time.
What is the policy causing the separation?
Until recently, families apprehended at…
