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Sessions: 'If you are smuggling a child, we will prosecute you'

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions outlined tougher immigration laws on Monday in San Diego. In effort to prosecute all who enter the U.S. illegally, children will now be separated from their parents, instead of keeping them in detention together.

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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The administration of President Donald Trump will increase criminal prosecutions of parents entering the United States illegally and place their children in protective custody as part of efforts to tighten immigration enforcement, according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official.

The policy, which the official said was signed on Friday, formalizes plans that have been under discussion for more than a year.

Reuters first reported the government's idea to separate parents and children apprehended at the border in March 2017. A month later, the administration said it was no longer considering the policy because of a drop in apprehensions of families at the U.S. southern border with Mexico.

Shortly after Trump took office, pledging a hard line against illegal immigration, border arrests fell. Apprehensions, however, are again on the rise and reaching levels seen during the administration of former President Barack Obama, frustrating Trump.

"Illegal immigration must end!" he tweeted on Friday.

Under the new policy, parents caught crossing the border illegally will both be separated from their children and criminally prosecuted.

"Those apprehended will be sent directly to federal court under the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service, and their children will be transferred to the custody of Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement," the DHS official said in an email.

Families seeking asylum should turn themselves into authorities so their petitions can be processed instead of attempting to cross illegally, the official added.

Currently, border crossers are often deported after their apprehension without being charged criminally.

Immigration advocates say that family separations for criminal prosecutions and other circumstances have already been happening for months. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in February to challenge the practice.

In April, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a "zero tolerance" policy for prosecutions of all illegal entry into the United States, and cases have already begun ticking up. The DHS said that there have been about 30,000 prosecution referrals since the start of the 2018 fiscal year in October, up from 18,642 prosecutions for the entire 2017 fiscal year.

In prepared remarks released to the media at an event in Arizona on Monday, Sessions said the government would also go after immigrants who pay smugglers to bring children across the border.

"If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you and that child will be separated from you as required by law," the remarks said. Sessions is expected to further discuss border enforcement in a Monday afternoon appearance in San Diego.

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U.S. cements plans to separate families crossing border illegally

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The administration of President Donald Trump will increase criminal prosecutions of parents entering the United States illegally and place their children in protective custody as part of efforts to tighten immigration enforcement, according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official.

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The Trump administration is set to announce Monday that it is prioritizing the prosecution of parents who attempt to enter the country illegally with their children, and separating those families while their cases are being adjudicated, the Los Angeles Times reports.

The policy, which has been in effect since October but will now be formalized, is designed prevent parents from using their children to avoid immediate deportation.

"The Attorney General directed the U.S. Attorney's offices to adopt a zero-tolerance policy for all offenses referred for prosecution," a Homeland Security Official told the Wall Street Journal.

Previous policy dictated that parents attempting to cross the border illegally would be released into the U.S. with their children while their cases were decided. But under the new approach, those parents have been detained, while their children have been treated as if they arrived at the border alone, sent to live in shelters or with foster families while their cases are decided by immigration courts. The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that some 700 children have been separated from their parents since the policy was adopted in October. The directive applies only to illegal border crossings, not to those who arrive at the border seeking asylum.

The Department of Justice plans to send additional prosecutors to the border to address the increased case load.

Jack Crowe - Jack Crowe is a news writer at National Review Online.

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Trump Administration Cracks Down on Parents Entering Country Illegally with Their Children | National Review

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The Trump administration is set to announce Monday that it is prioritizing the prosecution of parents who attempt to enter the country illegally with their children, and separating those families while their cases are being adjudicated, the Los Angeles Times reports.

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