Is Removing Immigrant Parents’ Children And Implementing Obama Policies?

The Obama and Bush administrations have been accused of separating families at the US-Mexico border, with the government building cages for many immigrant children. Critics argue that the Trump administration inherited and ended a policy from Obama that separated children, while immigrants rights groups and the federal agency that takes temporary custody of immigrant children claim they arrived. However, the Trump administration’s separation of immigrant families was not Barack Obama’s policy. Critics argue that parents being deported may request their children leave with them or decide to leave the children in the U.S. to pursue their own careers.

The Border Patrol’s Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas, and chain-link detention pens are not true. Immigration advocates and former Obama administration officials claim that the Obama administration detained families together. Trump falsely claims that the federal policy that split migrant families at the border was practiced by his administration. After criticism, Trump blames the Obama administration and the Democrats for instituting a policy in which children were separated.

The Trump administration has defended its “zero tolerance” border policy that has caused the separation of families, arguing that the border has become more restrictive. This post is part of a collaboration between Border Criminologies and Geopolitics to promote open access platforms.