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'Why are you taking him?': Trauma lingers from 'zero tolerance' immigration policy that separates parents, kids

June 11, 2018 USATODAY - News Top Stories

Rick Jervis, USA TODAY 'Why are you taking him?': Trauma lingers from 'zero tolerance' immigration policy that separates parents, kids

Last month, the Trump administration began stepping up criminal prosecutions of people crossing the border without authorization, charging nearly everyone entering without papers with a federal misdemeanor. Those who have been through the process describe tense days separated from young children.