America, its immigrants, and Trump's 'zero tolerance' of them
Authored By Wion Web Desk
Published: Jul 04, 2018, 05:41 IST | Updated: Jul 04, 2018, 05:41 IST
Immigrants caught crossing illegally into America were earlier 'caught and released' back to where they had come from. Trump's 'zero tolerance' immigration policy changed all of that, with every single immigrant now caught crossing illegally into American being automatically detained and prosecuted
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The face of the 'crime'
Two-year-old Yanela Sanchez from Honduras turned into the face of America's immigration crisis when she was photographed crying as US Border Patrol agents searched her mother. Time magazine even superimposed a picture of her looking up at Trump on its cover. It was later reported that Yanela was not separated from her parents.
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Cages for children
The most heartbreaking part of Trump's 'zero tolerance' immigration policy was the separating of immigrant children from their parents. The children were later housed in detention centres like this one in Rio Grande, Texas.
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Gotcha!
A Border Patrol agent apprehends an illegal immigrant near the US border with Mexico on March 27, 2018 in the Rio Grande valley near McAllen, Texas.
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Do you really care?
First Lady Melania Trump visited an immigrant children's detention centre wearing a jacket that had the words 'I don't really care. Do u?' emblazoned on its back. That of course led to its very own furore.
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Trump backs down
For the longest time, Trump blamed the separations on the Democrats. His critics said he was holding the immigrant children hostage to force Congress to fund his border wall with Mexico. Trump finally backed down after worldwide outrage, signing an executive order (pictured here) to stop the separation of immigrant children from their families.
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But what has really changed?
Trump's executive order hasn't stopped the prosecution of every single immigrant caught crossing illegally into America. It has only stopped the separation of immigrant children from their families. Immigrant families caught entering America illegally are now detained and prosecuted together rather than separately.
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