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Justice Department announced zero-tolerance prosecutions
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- Discrimination and civil rights
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- Documented historical event
The Justice Department announced a zero-tolerance prosecution policy for improper entry. Its implementation led to systematic separation of children from parents or guardians and substantial reunification problems.
Evidence basis
primary-plus-independent
Dated sources
- — Justice Department zero-tolerance announcement (Official policy announcement)
- — PBS report on family-separation executive order (Independent reporting)
- — tracreports.org (Institutional or advocacy analysis)
- — www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org (Institutional or advocacy analysis)
Correction status
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Canonical citation
Justice Department announced zero-tolerance prosecutions. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2018-04-06-zero-tolerance-family-separation/
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