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Original Date Announced
August 20, 2020NBC News reports that President Trump's senior adviser Stephen Miller led the meeting, which included eleven of the President's senior advisers and cabinet officials. They voted by show-of-hands to separate immigrant families as part of the administration's "zero tolerance" policy. A sea of hands went up. Nielsen kept hers down. It was clear she had been outvoted. [ID #1057]
NBC News: Trump Cabinet officials voted in 2018 White House meeting to separate migrant children, say officialsCurrent Status
Not in effectOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: ReportedTrump Administration Action: Agency DirectiveSubject Matter: Border Asylum, Withholding and CATAssociated or Derivative Policies
- February 8, 2018 ICE and CBP reportedly separating family members
- April 6, 2018 DOJ announces "zero tolerance" policy on Southwest border
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