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2018 'zero tolerance' policy

The Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy in 2018, which resulted in thousands of systematic separations of families at the border.

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Jan 14, 2026
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did president Obama tear families apart?

President Barack Obama did not implement a systematic government policy to separate children from their parents at the border like the Trump administration’s 2018 “zero tolerance” prosecutions, but hi...

Jan 11, 2026
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How often are migrants prosecuted criminally under 8 U.S.C. §1325 versus placed in civil removal proceedings?

Criminal prosecutions under 8 U.S.C. §1325 (illegal entry) and §1326 (illegal reentry) have become a large and visible share of federal criminal caseloads in recent years — at times representing more ...

Jan 12, 2026

What evidence documents the 2018 Trump 'zero‑tolerance' family separation policy and its outcomes?

The record documenting the 2018 “zero‑tolerance” episode is extensive and multi-sourced: public announcements by Justice and Homeland Security officials, contemporaneous agency data and Inspector Gene...

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