nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 670N|||Separated At The Border, A Father Reunites With His Son. But The Trauma Lingers||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Néstor was 11 when he and his dad, Melvin, left El Salvador and crossed into Texas in 2018. They were separated for over two months, split apart by the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy.

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Melvin and his son, Néstor, were one family that was separated under former President Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy. Néstor says he would have frequent nightmares about the separation.



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Separated At The Border, A Father Reunites With His Son. But The Trauma Lingers

Néstor was 11 when he and his dad, Melvin, left El Salvador and crossed into Texas in 2018. They were separated for over two months, split apart by the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy.