JD Vance dodges on whether Trump's immigration policy would lead to family separations - eviltoast

Ohio Sen. JD Vance, former President Donald Trump’s running mate, on Saturday evaded multiple questions about whether Trump’s proposed “zero tolerance” policy on immigration would lead to family separation.

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    2 months ago

    Aren’t Biden’s refugee camps still resulting in family separation? I haven’t been informed of any changes on US immigration procedure changes since Trump.

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      2 months ago

      From the article, attempts to improve things are blocked:

      When President Joe Biden and Harris first took office, Biden rescinded the Trump-era zero-tolerance policy and established a family reunification task force that found that more than 5,000 families were separated under the policy.

      More recently, the Biden administration worked with a bipartisan group of senators to craft a comprehensive immigration and border security plan that seemed to have buy-in from both parties on Capitol Hill.

      But GOP support for the bill tanked after Trump indicated his disapproval of the plan.