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Trump Zero-Tolerance Policy (2018)

The Trump administration's zero tolerance policy and its comparison to the Obama administration's immigration policies.

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Jan 11, 2026
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What were the implications of Trump's 'zero-tolerance' policy at the US-Mexico border, and how did it differ from Obama's handling of family separations?

The Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” directive led to the systematic criminal prosecution of most illegal border crossings, which produced thousands of family separations and a public-policy cr...

Jan 22, 2026

Did Obama separate families at the border?

administration did not have a formal, systemwide "" policy like the -era "" directive that intentionally prosecuted all adults crossing the border and thereby produced widespread, systematic separatio...