The Biden administration has reached a settlement with migrant parents whose children were separated under President Trump's zero-tolerance border policy, promising them housing, medical care, trauma therapy, work permits and legal assistance to help them win a permanent place in the U.S.
A mother migrating from Honduras holds her 1-year-old child while surrendering to U.S. Border Patrol agents after illegally crossing the border near McAllen, Texas, on Monday, June 25, 2018.
The separations grew out of Mr. Trump’s zero-tolerance policy, which was implemented in full in 2018, as caravans of families surged toward the U.S. Trump officials decided to start charging parents with illegal entry, a misdemeanor, as a get-tough measure. But since there is no family detention in the criminal justice system, the children were taken, deemed “unaccompanied,” and transferred to the Health and Human Service Department for placement in shelters and, later, with sponsors.
The blowback was severe, and after several weeks the policy was ended by presidential decree and court intervention. The Biden administration is also promising up to six months’ rental assistance, a year’s worth of medical care, ongoing trauma therapy and three-year work permits.
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