Cruel Indifference: Family Separation at the U.S.-Mexico Border Before and After Zero Tolerance
Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic, UCLA School of Law (June 2024)
This white paper explores two misconceptions: 1) that family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border began under the Trump administration; and 2) that they ended with the election of President Biden, arguing that family separation has been a longtime feature of CBP enforcement, and continues today.
