WAPO: Border arrest data suggest Trump’s push to split migrant families had little deterrent effect
U.S. border agents arrested 9,258 “family units,” along America’s southwest border last month, down slightly from 9,434 in June and 9,485 in May.
The amount of arrests made in July directly refutes the Trump Administration’s idea that the “zero-tolerance” family separation policy would act as a deterrent for Central American immigrants looking to illegally cross into the U.S.
