Trump didn’t invent family separation, but his administration was willing to try it
Border Separations,Immigration
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It was an idea conceived by senior immigration enforcement officials and U.S. border agents who had confronted the migrant crisis of 2014. By ramping up criminal prosecutions and separating families who entered the country illegally, they said, the government could stop the influx.
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