President-Elect Joe Biden said he will ensure there is a “thorough investigation” by the Justice Department into officials of President Donald Trump’s administration who …
President-Elect Joe Biden said he will ensure there is a “thorough investigation” by the Justice Department into officials of President Donald Trump’s administration who crafted and carried out the “Zero Tolerance” policy at the United States-Mexico border to deter illegal immigration. During a press conference on January 8, Biden committed to having the Justice Department open an investigation into Trump officials who carried out the Zero Tolerance policy through which adult border crossers entered separate custody from the children they arrived at the southern border with. The practice, as Breitbart News noted, has been employed since before 2001, though the Trump administration ended the effort in June 2018. “I’ll commit that our Justice Department, our investigative arms, will make judgments about who is responsible… and whether or not the conduct is criminal across the board,” Biden said.
