Family separation is once again a tactic used by the Trump administration in 2025, as officials leverage immigrants' children to force them out of the country. The administration is reinstating aggressive measures against those who entered the U.S. unlawfully as children, including cutting off access to health care and threatening deportation. Formerly suspended refugee programs are in jeopardy, alongside efforts to reinterpret birthright citizenship. This follows a history of severe backlash against the previous family separation policy, which left lasting scars on families and communities affected.
In 2025, family separation is on the rise again, but this time it's happening on a smaller scale, as officials use immigrants' children as leverage to force them out of the country.
The White House is reviving attacks on immigrants who entered the country without permission as children who qualify for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, eliminating recipients' access to health care, investigating colleges that offered them scholarships, and threatening them with deportation.
Donald Trump won the presidency in part on promises to deport immigrants who have criminal records and lack legal status. His earliest executive orders made clear he wants to attack immigrants with legal status too.
Seven years ago, the world listened in horror to the distraught cries of children in a Customs and Border Protection facility begging to be reunited with their parents.
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