The controversy surrounding family separations at the U.S. southern border has prompted outrage, opinions and finger-pointing. It has also raised a number of questions.https://usat.ly/2ypnid3
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The Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy, which has drawn fire from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, was announced in April and requires criminal charges for adults caught crossing the border without using a legal port of entry. https://usat.ly/2ljlpFk pic.twitter.com/QunmtAtbua
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Since the implementation of the zero-tolerance policy, between April 19 and the end of May, 1,995 minors were separated from adults at the border, the Department of Homeland Security has confirmed. https://usat.ly/2ypnid3 pic.twitter.com/cwFhBlx9St
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Trump administration officials have been sending babies and other young children forcibly separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border to at least three “tender age” shelters in South Texas, according to
@ap. https://usat.ly/2K74vI0 (Photo: AP)pic.twitter.com/mBmCwsLgkl
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Here's a look at the Texas shelters where immigrant children separated from their parents can end up. https://usat.ly/2tgaNe6 (Photo: US Customs and Border Patrol handout via EPA/EFE)pic.twitter.com/varG3JXY4G
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U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson accused the Trump administration of a "cover-up" after officials denied him entry to a detention center for migrant children in South Florida where he had hoped to survey living conditions.https://usat.ly/2MFW0m2
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The Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy that has separated nearly 2,000 migrant children from their parents has drawn some big-name critics. https://usat.ly/2JXc4ha America's first ladies, current and former, have weighed in. https://usat.ly/2MAAYoI pic.twitter.com/lveNg2hIQE
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Sen. John McCain condemned the Trump administration’s practice of separating families in a sharp statement Monday, reflecting a break within Republican ranks on the controversial policy. https://usat.ly/2yqf2tq/ pic.twitter.com/vgroLzCQqZ
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions wrote in a column for
@usatoday: "Separations are temporary and rare. ... Many unaccompanied children have been abused by smugglers or recruited by criminal gangs such as MS-13." https://usat.ly/2yrYtgA (Photo: AP)pic.twitter.com/MM4vVNHXKS
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President Trump said on Tuesday he wants legal authority to detain the children along with the adults and "promptly remove families together as a unit."https://usat.ly/2tjxwpK
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The president also blamed Democrats in a tweet on Tuesday, saying "they don’t care about crime and want illegal immigrants, no matter how bad they may be, to pour into and infest our Country, like MS-13." https://usat.ly/2tjxwpK pic.twitter.com/SXvZQ05aHE
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Buffeted by public outrage on one side and an unyielding president on the other, Republicans are walking a legislative tightrope they say will allow the policy to be enforced while stopping the practice of separating children from parents. https://usat.ly/2thQ8X7 pic.twitter.com/2n48IBrDap
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Amid the outrage, Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen said on Monday that she would "not apologize" for separating families. https://usat.ly/2MxRzcK (Photo: EPA-EFE)pic.twitter.com/bCGaaUxyk4
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If you're still wondering what's really going on with immigrant children being detained at the border, here's a look at the numbers: https://usat.ly/2ypnid3 pic.twitter.com/TKdQHy8o1i
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At least three states have removed National Guard troops from the border in response to the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy's impact on families. https://usat.ly/2yq6ind pic.twitter.com/r1Tm6eteAz
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These reports were totally ignored when Obama enforced this law
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