The Trump administration is stepping up its efforts to pressure migrants to leave the U.S. on their own, even going as far as to quietly use once again one of the most explosive tactics of the first Trump term in several instances across the country.
A recent investigation by The New York Times revealed at least nine cases in which parents have been separated from their children after they refused to comply with deportation orders. Over the past months, officials have employed this tactic in small numbers so as to not raise alarm in what has been described as a more targeted version of Trump's first term policies.
