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The zero tolerance project

Indefinite detention, turmoil for asylum seekers, courts in chaos: a special Guardian investigation into the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy reveals family separations were just the beginning

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    ‘Vamos a morir de tristeza’: los padres y sus hijos se reunieron tras las rejas

    Una mirada extraña dentro de una prisión de inmigración revela el sufrimiento de las familias detenidas por tiempo indefinido: falta de educación, poco sueño y sin idea de cuándo saldrán
  • U-Visas Illustration

    How zero tolerance forces undocumented victims into the shadows

  • Ruben Prado, an immigrant from Guatemala seeking asylum in the US, waits on the Gateway International Bridge.

    On a bridge between borders, asylum seekers linger in painful limbo

  • At Casa de Paz, Sarah Jackson gives food, shelter, and support to people recently released from a nearby immigrant detention center.

    'Mi casa es su casa': the American welcoming migrants into her home

  • Sarah Jackson at Casa de Paz on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018 in Aurora, CO. Casa de Paz gives food, shelter, and support to people recently released from a nearby immigrant detention center. (Chet Strange for The Guardian)

    'Mi casa es su casa': la norteamericana que invita migrantes a su casa

  • Mariela Jasso, a RAICES Post-Release Specialist and social worker, listening to a woman who was release from a detention facility in Dilley, Texas with her children that morning, on October 10, 2018. Jasso explains the next steps the families must take and need to be aware of before traveling by bus to their next stop, usually to stay with a sponsor until their court date. Most families are seeking asylum in the Unites States from violence in their home country. This work at this bus station occurs seven day per week, year round, with up to 45 families per day.

    Behind the viral fundraiser: meet the aid group reuniting families

    A Facebook campaign turned Raices into a symbol of zero tolerance opposition almost overnight. The Guardian visits the team on the ground
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    3,121 desperate journeys: exposing a week of chaos under Trump's zero tolerance

    Thousands of documents analyzed by the Guardian provide the most comprehensive picture yet of what happened to immigrants prosecuted under the Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy
  • Father and son in Karnes

    'We are going to die from sadness': the fathers and sons reunited behind bars

    A rare look inside an immigration prison reveals the suffering of indefinitely detained families: poor schooling, little sleep, and no idea when they will get out
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