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Almost 4,000 kids separated from families at US-Mexico border, Biden administration estimates
Meanwhile, US Vice-President Kamala Harris criticised for telling migrants ‘do not come’ to border when seeking asylum at any border is 100% legal
In this Wednesday, June 20, 2018, file photo, stuffed toy animals wrapped in aluminum foil representing migrant children separated from their families are displayed in protest in front of the United States embassy in Guatemala City

ALMOST 4,000 children were separated from their families at the US-Mexico border during Donald Trump’s presidency, the Joe Biden administration said today.

The new US president’s family reunification task force said that 3,913 children were affected by the “zero-tolerance” policy on border crossings between July 1 2017 and the end of Mr Trump’s tenure. 

The new estimate is still well below the more than 5,500 children identified by the American Civil Liberties Union.

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