Judge Bans Separating Illegal Immigrant Families at US Southern Border for 8 Years

A federal judge on Friday ruled to ban the separation of families at the U.S. southwest border for the next eight years, except in certain cases, approving the settlement of a years-long Trump-era lawsuit. The decision comes as part of the settlement of a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in 2018, addressing the separation of families entering the country illegally as family units at the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw approved the settlement, saying that the separation of thousands of families “represents one of the most shameful chapters in the history of our country.”...