ArrowRight The settlement involves a 2018 lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union to block the Trump administration’s “ zero tolerance ” policy, which called for separating parents from their children to prosecute the adults for crossing the border illegally.... Lawyers for the ACLU, which represented the migrant families in court, estimated that as many as 1, 000 children may still be separated from their parents.... He said he had been skeptical that the U.S. government was secre

ArrowRight If approved by a judge, this provision in the proposed settlement would remain in effect for eight years, preventing an administration during that time from restoring a “ zero-tolerance ” prosecution policy.... Federal agents said they separated families to prosecute parents for the misdemeanor crime of crossing the border illegally, but many were never charged.... Some were apart for months, some for years. Advertisement The zero-tolerance policy unfolded in a chaotic few weeks fro