U.S. launches new task force in effort to unite families separated under the Trump administration
September 17, 2021r.
The Biden administration is expanding its efforts to find and reunite migrant families who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border under President Trump as part of a zero-tolerance policy on illegal crossings. On Monday a federal task force is launching a new program that will expand efforts to find parents, many of whom are in remote Central American communities, and help them return to the U.S. They will get at least three years of legal residency and other assistance. Since February, the task force has reunited about 50 families.