The separated children at the border are no longer a faceless, voiceless minority.

At 10 p.m., Tuesday, July 31, “Frontline” presents the families separated by Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy.

There has been outrage surrounding the family separation at the border; however, Frontline's own Marcela Gaviria and Martin Smith have gotten a glimpse into what "zero tolerance" looks like from the inside.

Gaviria and Smith have been following the situation on the border for over a year and were there to witness one of the greatest social justice issues of our time. The two go in-depth into the current administration’s immigration policy as well as the policies in place under President Obama.

President Trump's "zero tolerance" policy may have gone into effect back in April, but it took until mid-June for news of the inhumane policy to come to the public's attention. At first President Trump was firm in his belief that the policy would deter illegal immigration. However, on June 20, three days after it became one of Google's top searches, President Trump signed an executive order to stop family separation.

"So we're going to have strong — very strong borders, but we're going to keep the families together,” Trump concluded. “I didn't like the sight or the feeling of families being separated,"

Six days later, a federal judge in California set a one-month deadline to reunite the 2,300 minors with their families.

July 26 will mark this one month landmark; however, will our government be able to meet its demands?

"Frontline: Separated: Children at the Border" airs Tuesday, July 31 at 10 p.m.

 

 

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