A flyer released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) June 19, 2018, shows information being distributed in U.S.-Mexico border facilities at which immigrant parents are being detained. U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Handout via REUTERS
(Reuters) - Over 2,300 children were separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border between May 5 and June 9 under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said on Tuesday, and immigration advocates and legal experts say there is no clear system in place to reunite them.
The policy directs border officials to refer for prosecution all immigrants apprehended while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally.
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