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Families that cross the United States border without a visa or other papers demonstrating their citizenship, are subject to detention by the Customs and Border Protection. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security defines only those children traveling with their parents or legal guardians as part of "family units" and all other children as "unaccompanied minors ." As a result, children traveling with grandparents, adult siblings, and aunts and uncles are separated and referred to the Unaccompanied Alien Children program. Since 2017, the government separated some children from their parents as well under a family separation policy, although this policy was officially rescinded in June 2018.