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Trump Zero-Tolerance Policy (2018)

The Trump administration's policy of systematic criminal prosecution of adults crossing the southwest border unlawfully, leading to the separation of children from parents.

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Jan 22, 2026
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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...

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 26, 2026

How did the Trump administration’s zero‑tolerance policy operate and what were its legal justifications?

’s “zero‑tolerance” policy directed systematic criminal prosecution of virtually all adults who crossed the southwest border unlawfully, a shift that led to the separation of children from parents whe...

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