Over 1,300 Children Have Never Been Reunited With Their Parents Years After Being Separated At The Border

Over 4,600 children were separated from their families between 2017 and 2021, and 30% of them remain unaccounted for (Credit: PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

As many as 1,360 children separated from their parents under the Trump administration's "Zero Tolerance" policy have not been reunited six years after the controversial practice began.

A joint report by Human Rights Watch, the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP), and Yale Law School's Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic highlights the lasting harm caused by the policy and labels the situation an "enforced disappearance" that may also constitute torture under international law.