Family separations at US border plagued by problems, watchdog finds

The Trump administration’s effort to track children the US authorities separated from their families at the US-Mexico border is plagued by communication problems that raise questions about the accuracy of the data, a watchdog reported on Thursday. The administration created the tracking system following its “zero tolerance” policy on immigration in 2018 where more than 2,500 children were forcibly separated from their parents at the southern border – though the watchdog has estimated that figure could be much higher. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/06/trump-border-separations-children-mexico-watchdog