Trump administration separates thousands of migrant families in the U.S.

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Trump’s second-term mass deportation push separates mixed-status families inside the U.S. through raids and detentions, with federal detention reaching record highs beyond border enforcement.

Unlike his first term, parents are now deported or held in prolonged detention while children remain in America, forcing families into long-term separation and uncertainty.

Three South Florida families illustrate the impact: spouses deported to Venezuela, Nicaragua and Guatemala while their children and other family members remain in the U.S.

MIAMI — President Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy split more than 5,000 children from their families at the Mexico border during his first t