| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
USA. As feds focused on detaining kids, border drug prosecutions plummeted
USA. As feds focused on detaining kids, border drug prosecutions plummeted
WASHINGTON – Federal drug-trafficking prosecutions along the southwestern border plunged to their lowest level in nearly two decades this summer as the Trump administration launched a “zero tolerance” crackdown on illegal immigration that separated thousands of children from their parents. (USA Taday, 10.10.2018)