MIAMI — President Donald Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy split more than 5,000 children from their families at the Mexico border during his first term, when images of babies and toddlers taken from the arms of mothers sparked global condemnation.
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Jakelin Pasedo, 39, hugs her five-year-old son inside the Miami-area motel room where she lives with her two children, who all have refugee status, on Oct. 22 after their father asked to be sent back to Venezuela after months in immigration detention.
The two-year-old son of pregnant, asylum-seeker Yaoska hunts for a snack Nov. 13 in the mini fridge of the Miami-area motel room where he lives with his mother and brother, after their father was deported to Nicaragua.
Pregnant asylum-seeker Yaoska, 32, comforts her two-year-old child Nov. 13 inside the Miami-area motel room where she and her children are living after her husband was deported to Nicaragua.Â
Guatemalan migrant Amavilia, 31, holds her infant son, whose father Edgar was detained days after his birth and later deported to Guatemala, on Oct. 8 inside the South Florida apartment where she lives with her two children and a roommate.
Guatemalan migrant Amavilia, 31, gets out the sauces she uses to flavor the corn on the cob she sells, on Oct. 8 inside her South Florida apartment, after her infant son's father, who worked in construction, was detained and deported to Guatemala.
Photos of families who set off on migration journeys and found themselves torn apart
Guatemalan migrant Amavilia, 31, stands in the South Florida apartment where she lives with her two children and a roommate, after her partner Edgar was detained days after their son's birth and deported to Guatemala, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
A miniature Jesus figurine sits on a coloring book inside the Miami-area motel room where Jakelin Pasedo is living with her two sons, who all have refugee status, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, after their father requested to be sent back to Venezuela after months in immigration detention. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Jakelin Pasedo's three-year-old son washes his hands in the Miami-area motel room where Pasedo and her two children, who all have refugee status, are living, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, after their father requested to be sent back to Venezuela after months in immigration detention. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
The two sons of pregnant asylum-seeker Yaoska pass the time in the Miami-area motel room where the family is living after their father was deported to Nicaragua, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Guatemalan migrant Amavilia, 31, shows how she prepares the corn-on-the-cob she sells, inside her South Florida apartment, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, after her infant son's father, who worked in construction, was detained and deported to Guatemala. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Two brothers are reflected in a ceiling mirror as they pass the time in the Miami-area motel room where they are living with their pregnant mother Yaoska after their father was deported to Nicaragua, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Pregnant asylum-seeker Yaoska, 32, comforts her two-year-old son who was not feeling well, inside the Miami-area motel room where she and her two children are living after her husband was deported to Nicaragua, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Diapers and clothes fill the shelves of the apartment in South Florida where Guatemalan migrant Amavilia, 31, front, lives with her two children and a roommate, after her partner Edgar was detained days after their son's birth and deported to Guatemala, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Jakelin Pasedo's sons, ages 5 and 3, color on the bed inside the Miami-area motel room where the trio live, all of whom have refugee status, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, after their father requested to be sent back to Venezuela after months in immigration detention. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Jakelin Pasedo's three-year-old son hunts for a snack in the mini fridge in the Miami-area motel room where Pasedo is living with her two children, who all have refugee status, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, after their father requested to be sent back to Venezuela after months in immigration detention. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Guatemalan migrant Amavilia, 31, holds her infant son, whose father Edgar was detained days after his birth and later deported to Guatemala, inside the South Florida apartment where she lives with her two children and a roommate, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
The two-year-old son of pregnant, asylum-seeker Yaoska hunts for a snack in the mini fridge of the Miami-area motel room where he lives with his mother and brother, after their father was deported to Nicaragua, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Jakelin Pasedo, 39, hugs her five-year-old son inside the Miami-area motel room where she lives with her two children, who all have refugee status, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, after their father requested to be sent back to Venezuela after months in immigration detention. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
The two-year-old son of pregnant, asylum-seeker Yaoska peers out the window of the Miami-area motel room where he lives with his mother and brother, after their father was deported to Nicaragua, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Guatemalan migrant Amavilia, 31, gets out the sauces she uses to flavor the corn on the cob she sells, inside her South Florida apartment, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, after her infant son's father, who worked in construction, was detained and deported to Guatemala. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Pregnant asylum-seeker Yaoska, 32, comforts her two-year-old son who was not feeling well, inside the Miami-area motel room where she and her children are living after her husband was deported to Nicaragua, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
