DHS Touts Reuniting Just 4 of More Than 1,000 Separated Migrant Families
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 1, 2021.
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The Biden administration announced over the weekend that it would begin reuniting several families separated under the “zero-tolerance” immigration policy implemented by former President Donald Trump in 2017 and 2018. But many immigrants’ rights organizations are criticizing the administration for moving too slowly and adding unnecessary hurdles to the process.
Four families will be reunited with their children this week, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Sunday evening. Few details about the families were provided to protect their privacy, but some of those who were reunited included a child who was taken from their parent at age 3 under the policy, as well as two women who were separated from their kids in late 2017.