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The border family-separation machine is careening into a humanitarian and legal debacle

The Trump administration’s zero-tolerance border crackdown was now visibly tearing families apart, with the scale of the separations forcing a wave of condemnation and legal alarm. What had been sold as enforcement was fast becoming a national scandal, and June 11 sat squarely in the middle of the escalation.

Why it matters: Border cruelty

First recorded Jun 11, 2018·Meaningfully updated Jun 11, 2018

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The border family-separation machine is careening into a humanitarian and legal debacle

The Trump administration’s zero-tolerance border crackdown was now visibly tearing families apart, with the scale of the separations forcing a wave of condemnation and legal alarm. What had been sold as enforcement was fast becoming a national scandal, and June 11 sat squarely in the middle of the escalation.

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