1) Our immigration policy separates children from their parents under only 3 circumstances:
a) if the adult is found to be falsely claiming that he/she is the parent (ie - if they are not really the parent)
b) If the parent is found to be a threat to the child
c) If there are criminal charges against the parent.
2. If an illegal immigrant is caught for the first time, they are not separated from their parents. If they are found guilty, they are allowed to leave with their children.
3. If the parent is caught for a second time for illegal re-entry, this is a felony, and it results in criminal charges. The children are then separated temporarily in these cases until the case can be very swiftly run through the courts, and the children are temporarily housed and nourished and cared for - usually for about a day - sometimes less, somethimes a couple of days. If the parent is found guilty, they can choose to take their children back immediately, and be deported.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMMIGRANT PARENT CAUGHT FOR ILLEGALLY TRYING TO RE-ENTER THE COUNTRY RATHER THAN GO THROUGH THE NORMAL IMMIGRATION PROCESS WHICH IS STILL OPEN TO THEM (A MULTIPLE OFFENDER) CAN CHOOSE TO APPLY FOR ASYLUM. iF THEY CHOOSE THIS, THEY ARE MADE AWARE THAT THE LEGAL PROCESS TAKES CONSIDERABLY LONGER. tHEY ARE FURTHER INFORMED THAT DUE TO THE FLORES ACT OF 1997 (signed into law by President Bill Clinton), ANY CHILD REQUIRING DETENTION GREATER THAN 3 WEeKS MAY NOT BE FURTHER HELD, AND THE GOVERNMENT MUST PLACE THE CHILD INTO A DIFFERENT HOME.
The government is then faced with the option of either letting every illegal immigrant who seeks asylum to take their children and flood into the country, or allow the parents to make this decision, and separate themselves from their children knowingly.
So, this has been going on for the past 21 years, and it never mattered to the Dems or the MSM until they needed a manufactured crisis to try to distract from the withering details within the IG report and the fact that Trump is kicking ass.
This, my conservative friends, is the real story that the libs wouldn't tell you about if they were informed or intelligent enough to know already.
Link: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/illegal-immigration-enforcement-separating-kids-at-border/