Biden did nix former President Donald Trump's "Zero tolerance" policy at the U.S.-Mexico border, which required that parents who crossed the border illegally be separated from their children.
Border agents can now use discretion in deciding which parents get to stay with their children, but that doesn't mean family separations themselves have ended.
Many families ripped apart under Trump, and likely under Biden, crossed the border trying to claim asylum.
"As a consequence of that, we've seen a number of teenagers crossing the border [alone], because if they cross as a family unit then they will be expelled. It's really exacerbated the issues."
George W. Bush's administration imposed a rule requiring children to be separated from their family if they arrive at the border with anyone other than their parents.
The Associated Press notes that it "Interviewed the mother of one 4-year-old girl from Guatemala who crossed the border March 5 with her aunt. Border authorities expelled the aunt and labeled the girl unaccompanied by a parent." The child's parents live in Maryland, according to the A.P., and the child is now alone in a border facility.
"No country could survive Biden's border policies," asserts.
https://reason.com/2021/03/18/joe-biden-border-cop-immigration-crisis-asylum/
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