By Melissa Cruz - www.immigrationimpact.com/
Four families separated under the Trump administration will be reunited this week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced. They will be the first families to be reunited thanks to the efforts of the Family Reunification Task Force, launched by the Biden administration in February.
It’s estimated that over 1,000 children are still separated from their families, and the parents of 445 children have yet to be located.
The Family Reunification Task Force—housed within DHS—is tasked with working across agencies to identify and reunite families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border as a result of the Trump administration’s cruel “Zero Tolerance” policy. This policy sought to criminally prosecute anyone—even those seeking asylum—suspected of crossing the border without authorization or in between ports of entry. This led to the forced separation of thousands of children when their adult family members were charged with unlawful entry.
More information https://www.inmigracionyvisas.com/a5132-Biden-administration-begins-reuniting-the-migrant-families-still-separated.html
