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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Gisela Salomon

Trump administration separates thousands of migrant families in the US

APTOPIX Immigration Family Separation - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

President Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy split more than 5,000 children from their families at the Mexico border during his first term, when images of babies and toddlers taken from the arms of mothers sparked global condemnation.

Seven years later, families are being separated but in a much different way. With illegal border crossings at their lowest levels in seven decades, a push for mass deportations is dividing families of mixed legal status inside the U.S.

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