'The government is unilaterally deciding parents are a danger and then separating them without informing the children's facilities that the child has been separated.'
On 6/24/19 at 4:41 PM EDTIt's been a year since President Donald Trump signed the executive order overturning his own policy of separating migrant children from their families at the U.S. southern border, an act that resulted in more than 2,800 minors being detained and held in camps away from family.
The president's executive order still allowed for the separation of families if it was believed that caregivers posed a serious danger to their children or had a criminal record, but no specific guidelines were given and the ACLU argues that the administration has recently employed a very broad interpretation of what it considers a serious danger.
Gelernt said some of the cases he's seen involve toddlers being taken from their parents over traffic violations.
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