Immigration Policy Directives
Border Enforcement and Family Separation
The following Trump Administration directives set new policy for entry into the United States on the southwest border and the subsequent separation of immigrant families. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ “Zero-Tolerance” Policy Announcement Attorney General Jeff Sessions [on April 6, 2018] notified all U.S. attorney’s offices along the southwest border of a new “zero-tolerance policy” for offenses under 8 U.S.C. section 1325(a), which prohibits both attempted illegal entry and illegal entry into the United States by an alien. The implementation of the attorney general’s zero-tolerance policy comes as the Department of Homeland Security reported a 203 percent increase in illegal border…
