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DOJ Formally Revokes Trump-Era Family Separation Policy, But Immigration Lawyers Added a Word of Caution About the ‘Huge Win’ Colin Kalmbacher © Provided by Law & Crime The Department of Justice formally relegated the Trump-era “zero tolerance” policy for undocumented immigrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border to the dustbin of history on Tuesday, a move that sparked widespread praise from immigration advocates—who cautioned it is just a first step in dismantling the separate and distinct family separation policy they reviled. “As federal prosecutors, we are cha...

On Tuesday, in a letter to all U.S. attorneys, President Joe Biden's acting attorney general, Monty Wilkinson, rescinded the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" program, which led to the separation of more than 3,000 migrant families. Former President Donald Trump had ended the practice of separating migrant children from parents who were prosecuted in an executive order, but had not ended the zero tolerance program. That program allowed attorneys to prosecute anyone who crosses the border illegally, even for a misdemeanor like not having proper documents. Wilkinson's letter was titled, "...