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U.N. says Trump violates children's rights along U.S.-Mexico border

The U.N. human rights office said the Trump administration's new 'zero tolerance' policy for Central American families trying to enter the United States violates children's rights under international law by breaking up families from Mexico.

National Guard troops provide security along the U.S.-Mexico border
National Guard troops provide security along the U.S.-Mexico border (AN/Aimee Fujikawa)

GENEVA (AN) — The U.N. human rights office said the Trump administration is violating children's rights under international law by breaking up families arriving from Mexico.

But the American ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley sharply rebuked the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, or OHCHR, for its criticism.

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