Kids in cages

During the Obama years children who came across the border with families were detained but after 20 days the whole family was released except for cases where the parent or parents were wanted for a crime and then the children were released and the parents retained. This was called catch and release. This was in 2014 which is the same time that the cages were set up as holding pens for children. Trump later said that all children will be separated from their families after 20 days so they could retain the parents until their court dates. This resulted in such an outcry that Trump reversed his decision and returned to the catch and release program. As word of this got around people were coming across the border with children at a much higher rate. Today children are sent back across the border to come in with another family.