/tags/family-separation family separation en-US Copyright Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:41:50 GMT /news-partners/2021-04-07/task-force-investigates-whether-trump-separated-families-earlier-than-known The Biden task force is examining whether the previous administration began implementing its policy in the early days of former President Donald Trump's term. Wed, 07 Apr 2021 20:41:50 GMT /news-partners/2021-04-07/task-force-investigates-whether-trump-separated-families-earlier-than-known Franco Ordoñez /news-partners/2021-03-22/despite-ample-warning-u-s-was-unprepared-for-latest-surge-of-migrant-children President Biden's administration is scrambling to contain one of the first big political firestorms of his presidency as thousands of migrant children arrive at the border without their parents. Mon, 22 Mar 2021 09:04:00 GMT /news-partners/2021-03-22/despite-ample-warning-u-s-was-unprepared-for-latest-surge-of-migrant-children Joel Rose /news-partners/2021-02-02/biden-signs-3-immigration-executive-orders-activists-want-more President Biden has been working to unwind many of the executive actions taken by former President Donald Trump. But the administration has warned that the changes will take time. Tue, 02 Feb 2021 10:01:00 GMT /news-partners/2021-02-02/biden-signs-3-immigration-executive-orders-activists-want-more Franco Ordoñez, Joel Rose /news-partners/2021-01-27/justice-department-rescinds-trumps-zero-tolerance-immigration-policy The Trump-era immigration policy resulted in thousands of family separations at the U.S-Mexico border. Wed, 27 Jan 2021 10:07:15 GMT /news-partners/2021-01-27/justice-department-rescinds-trumps-zero-tolerance-immigration-policy Jaclyn Diaz /news-partners/2021-01-14/justice-department-knew-2018-border-policy-would-separate-children-from-families Inspector General Michael Horowitz released a review Thursday confirming Trump administration officials knew its policy would separate children from their families at the Southwest border. Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:49:47 GMT /news-partners/2021-01-14/justice-department-knew-2018-border-policy-would-separate-children-from-families Dustin Jones /news-partners/2020-11-09/bidens-first-100-days-heres-what-to-expect Joe Biden has made dozens of campaign promises. A significant amount of his agenda centers on reversing or updating positions taken by the Trump administration. Mon, 09 Nov 2020 14:00:53 GMT /news-partners/2020-11-09/bidens-first-100-days-heres-what-to-expect Elena Moore /news-partners/2019-08-21/new-trump-policy-would-permit-indefinite-detention-of-migrant-families-children The new policy would end the Flores settlement and allow the government to hold families with children without a deadline, in a change from the way cases are handled today. Wed, 21 Aug 2019 15:17:19 GMT /news-partners/2019-08-21/new-trump-policy-would-permit-indefinite-detention-of-migrant-families-children Brian Naylor /ideastream/2019-07-03/sherrod-brown-joins-faith-leaders-to-denounce-trumps-separation-policy Local faith leaders joined Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in speaking out against the Trump Administration’s family separation policy at a news conference in Cleveland Wednesday. "We’re hopeful that the president acknowledges his role in this and stops this policy," Brown said. "The first thing is to keep families together, certainly to secure our borders, but it means you focus on criminals and terrorists, not on splitting up families." Wed, 03 Jul 2019 20:52:47 GMT /ideastream/2019-07-03/sherrod-brown-joins-faith-leaders-to-denounce-trumps-separation-policy Lecia Bushak /news-partners/2019-06-05/administration-cuts-education-and-legal-services-for-unaccompanied-minors The Office of Refugee Resettlement is telling migrant shelters to scale back on activities that are "not directly necessary for the protection of life and safety." Wed, 05 Jun 2019 22:07:42 GMT /news-partners/2019-06-05/administration-cuts-education-and-legal-services-for-unaccompanied-minors Vanessa Romo, Joel Rose /news-partners/2018-12-26/department-of-homeland-security-promises-changes-to-protect-migrant-children Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen promises new "extraordinary protective measures" in the wake of the death of a second migrant child this month. They will require assistance from multiple federal agencies. Thu, 27 Dec 2018 03:59:00 GMT /news-partners/2018-12-26/department-of-homeland-security-promises-changes-to-protect-migrant-children Vanessa Romo