A mother migrating from Honduras holds her 1-year-old child while surrendering to U.S. Border Patrol agents after crossing the border near McAllen, Texas, June 25, 2018. Photo: David J. Phillip/AP, File

Five Years After They Were Separated at the Border, Families Are Still Waiting for Justice

"These families have waited long enough. We are taking the Biden Administration to court to ensure they get the compensation they deserve for the trauma the federal government inflicted."

September 27, 2023 at 11:23 AM

7 minute read

Immigration Law

Melissa Giangrande

Throughout the summer of 2018, thousands of migrant families were separated—sometimes, physically torn from each other—at the United States-Mexico border. The Zero Tolerance Policy, as it was known, was enacted by the Trump Administration in order to deter families from lawfully seeking asylum in the United States.