Assessing Trump’s Immigration Crackdown: Raided Workplaces Severed Families, A Climate Of Fear
Donald Trump was on the defensive about his immigration policies in the final presidential debate, with a question about 545 migrant children taken by the U.S. government who may never be reunited with their parents. Immigration authorities say they cannot find the children’s families, many of whom have been deported to Central America.
Taking children away from their families at the border was part of a broader strategy aimed at discouraging immigrants from coming. The cruelty of the family-separation policy traumatized migrant children and spurred nationwide protests. A federal judge ordered the government to reunite the separated families on June 26, 2018.
Four years ago, candidate Trump was on the offensive about enforcement, portraying immigration as a threat to American security. T...