President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy drew sharp rebukes after it was announced in April 2018 — especially after children who had been separated from their parents started being placed in a tent city in Tornillo. Trump signed an executive order June 20 that would keep immigrant families together, but it’s unclear how — or if — families that have already been separated will be reunited. With support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, The Texas Tribune has been reporting on the issue from the Texas-Mexico border, Washington, D.C., and Austin. You can help by sending story tips to tips@texastribune.org.More in this series

Two months after the Trump administration announced a “zero tolerance” immigration enforcement policy, a national debate has erupted over the policy’s ultimate deterrent: It separates undocumented children from their parents.

The number of children taken from their border-crossing parents and placed in government custody has climbed to nearly 2,000, with many of the kids being warehoused in government shelters in Texas, including a recently opened tent city outside of El Paso.

While Democrats are predictably aghast at the policy, a growing number of Republicans are coming out against it, too.  Texas’ junior U.S. senator, Ted Cruz, introduced emergency legislation Monday to keep families together as they wait for court hearings. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, the state’s senior senator, has said he will introduce a similar bill.

The Texas Tribune reached out to every member of the Texas congressional delegation — plus the governor, lieutenant governor and other statewide officials — to ask if they support the Trump administration’s policy.