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News alert: Biden promised to stop separating families at the border. So why is his Justice Department defending the policy in court?

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Mon Jun 26 2023

Biden promised to end family separations. So why is DOJ fighting relief claims in court?

A Mission Police Dept. officer (L), and a U.S. Border Patrol agent watch over a group of Central American asylum seekers before taking them into custody on June 12, 2018 near McAllen, Texas. Local police officers often coordinate with Border Patrol agents in the apprehension of undocumented immigrants near the border. The immigrant families were then sent to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) processing center for possible separation. U.S. border authorities are executing the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy towards undocumented immigrants. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions also said that domestic and gang violence in immigrants' country of origin would no longer qualify them for political asylum status. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Biden called the separation of families at the border "abhorrent." So why are his attorneys fighting affected families seeking relief?

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