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Acting United States Attorney General Monty Wilkinson announces that President Biden has rescinded the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy, which led to the separation of over 3,000 migrant families on the Mexico–United States border.
2021-01-26

The Trump administration proposes regulatory changes which would allow the children of illegal immigrants to be imprisoned for more than 20 days.
2018-09-6

The Trump Administration misses a court mandated July 10th deadline to reunite some of the youngest of the separated children with their families, citing "legitimate logistical impediments".
2018-07-10

Tens of thousands of people participate in nationwide protests across the United States over the Trump administration's immigration policies. Over 630 events are planned, with protesters calling for migrant families split at the United States–Mexico border to be reunited.
2018-06-30

About 575 women are arrested during a sit-in at the Hart Senate Office Building protesting the Trump administration family separation policy.
2018-06-28

Police arrest at least nine protesters at an Occupy ICE demonstration in Portland, Oregon.
2018-06-28

A federal judge in California orders a halt to most family separations at the US-Mexico border and the reunification of all families.
2018-06-27

The United Nations Human Rights Council issues a condemnation of the separation of migrant children from their parents, saying it "may amount to torture", and the recent executive order "does not address the situation of those children who have already been pulled away from their parents."
2018-06-22

First Lady Melania Trump makes a surprise visit to the US-Mexico border to get a firsthand look at the immigration crisis.
2018-06-21

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order to "maintain family unity", amid global outrage over the separation of migrant children from their families, reversing the administration's policy. It affirms the U.S. policy of "detaining alien families together where appropriate and consistent with law and available resources".
2018-06-20