DOJ Memo Revokes Family Separation Policy—Which No Longer Exists
Colin KalmbacherJan 26th, 2021, 7:53 pm 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 charged with seeking justice,” Acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson wrote in a memo rescinding the directive. “The exercise of this responsibilit...