Years after immigration policy separated families, 1,400 children aren’t reunited

It was May 7, 2018, when then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, speaking in San Diego, outlined a new federal policy that came to haunt the Trump administration.

“I have put in place a ‘zero tolerance’ policy for illegal entry on our southwest border,” Sessions said. “If you cross this border unlawfully, then we will prosecute you. It’s that simple.”