Homeland Security Seeking New Path in Treatment of Illegal Immigrants

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The Department of Justice and the Trump Administration are facing heavy criticism this week. The administration recently adopted a policy of zero tolerance for illegal immigrants. Under the policy, adults who are caught enter the custody of U.S. Marshals. Children go to the Department of Health and Human Services.

This is a change in policy as the Obama administration kept families together until their civil deportation proceedings.

Under Trump’s policy, authorities separated 2,300+ minors from their adult guardians in the last month.

Nielsen’s action wouldn’t end the zero tolerance policy, but would aim to keep families together and ask the Department of Defense to help house the detained families.

Amending the Policy

Kirstjen Nielsen is the Secretary of Homeland Security. She is working on an executive action she believes President Trump will sign into law soon. The action would not loosen immigration control but would allow families to remain together until the department deports them.