Trump administration has separated dozens of children from their parents for a second time, AP finds
Summary
An Associated Press investigation found that dozens of children separated from their parents under President Donald Trump’s first term have been separated again by the U.S. government, despite court orders to reunite them. Some families experienced long detentions, deportations, and prolonged hardship even though legal protections were supposed to prevent repeated separations.Key Facts
- Children separated under President Trump’s first family separation policy have been separated a second time.
- The repeated separations happened despite a judge’s order to keep families together.
- Some parents were held in immigration detention for months, and others were deported after being taken from their children again.
- Some immigration officials deported people even when rules said they could not be removed.
- The families faced long and difficult hardships, including spending months apart and living in poor conditions.
- Lawyers intervened in some cases, leading to reunifications and returns to the U.S.
- The government has not fully acknowledged the impact of the first separations or the harm caused by repeating them.
- This issue continues years after the original family separation policy officially ended.
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