Description
Migration Policy Institute’s Sarah Pierce discusses the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy as it relates to separating families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
3 minutes
Keywords
- Authorization
- Credible Fear Interview
- Expedited Removal
- Immigration
- Immigration Court System
- Office Of Refugee Resettlement
- Prosecuted
- Reunification
- Unaccompanied Child Migrants
Additional Resources
- Video Clip: Reactions to the "Zero Tolerance" Immigration Policy
A collection of reactions to the policy that separates immigrant children from their parents at the border is shown. The clip includes responses from Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, and first ladies Melania Trump and Laura Bush.
- Lesson Plan: The Asylum Application Process in the United States
his lesson explores the process in which people apply for asylum, the standard for obtaining asylum, and the bureaucratic issues with processing asylum applications.