Immigration Article of the Day: The Moral and Legal Obligation to Provide Justice and Restitution to Forcibly Separated Families by Francesco Arreaga

The Moral and Legal Obligation to Provide Justice and Restitution to Forcibly Separated Families by Francesco Arreaga, Georgetown Immigration Law Review 2022

Abstract

This article portrays the Department of Justice’s role in forcibly separating families through the Zero Tolerance Policy, the judiciary’s instrumental decision to halt this policy, and the gut-wrenching experiences that parents and children endured. The article describes how the family separation policy constituted torture and crimes against humanity and concludes by urging members of Congress to provide justice to families that were harmed.

KJ