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AP Exclusive: DOJ rescinds ‘zero tolerance’ immigration rule

by Colleen LongMichael Balsamo
| January 26, 2021 2:18 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Tuesday rescinded a Trump-era memo that established a “zero tolerance” enforcement policy for migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, which resulted in thousands of family separations.

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