The Biden administration has reached an agreement with migrants separated from their families as a result of Trump's policies

The Biden administration and more than 4,000 migrants separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border by the Trump administration reached a legal settlement Monday that allows the families to live and work in the U.S. for three years while receiving housing, mental health, and asylum preparation assistance.

Except for parents who are a risk to their children or the public or have entered the country illegally more than twice, the deal bars the federal government from splitting migrant families for eight years.

The Justice Department's arrangement may end one of the saddest episodes in U.S. immigration policy, in which families unlawfully crossing the border split up in 2017 and 2018. U.S. attorneys prosecuted parents in federal court, while HHS took care of children under 18.

If Republicans in Congress oppose the court's demand to fund reunification and services for separated families, the settlement might fail.

Judge Dana Sabraw of the Southern District of California is expected to approve the settlement, but he may evaluate objections. Stephen Miller's Republican legal group, America First Legal, may object to the family separation policy.