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Thursday, June 21, 2018
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Thursday, June 21, 2018
US Justice Department denies reported freeze in prosecutions of migrant parents
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA spokeswoman for the US Department of Justice says a report that parents who try to illegally cross the border with children will no longer be criminally prosecuted is inaccurate.
Spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores says there has been no change to the “zero tolerance” policy that resulted in the separation of more than 2,300 children from their parents.
In the face of worldwide outrage, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an order to stop the separations. Justice Department lawyers are working on a legal challenge to allow families to be detained longer than 20 days.
The Washington Post reports that the policy was suspended until US Immigration and Customs Enforcement could find space to detain them.
— AP
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