Child separation: Justice Department Inspector General's scathing report | Above the Law

Rod Rosenstein Is Real Sorry About All Those Kids Separated From Their Parents. Oopsies! | Above the Law

The Inspector General of the United States Justice Department has issued a scathing report about the Trump administration's policy of separating children from parents at the border with Mexico 

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DOJ leadership, and the OAG in particular, did not effectively coordinate with the Southwest border USAOs, the USMS, HHS, or the federal courts prior to DHS implementing the new practice of referring family unit adults for criminal prosecution as part of the zero tolerance policy. We further found that the OAG’s expectations for how the family separation process would work significantly underestimated its complexities and demonstrated a deficient understanding of the legal requirements related to the care and custody of separated children. We concluded that the Department’s single-minded focus on increasing immigration prosecutions came at the expense of careful and appropriate consideration of the impact of family unit prosecutions and child separations.