According to Homeland Security figures, some 1,995 minors were taken at the U.S.-Mexican border from 1,949 adults between April 19 and May 31, The Daily Beast website reports today ( June 15, 2018).
These separations follow Attorney General Jeff Sessions' announcement of his "zero tolerance" policy for undocumented immigrants at the border, which mandates that anyone attempting to cross the border illegally will be seized and prosecuted.
"If you are smuggling a child then we will prosecute you, and that child will be separated from you as required by law," Sessions said on June 11.
He added, "If you don't like that, then don't smuggle children over our border."
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