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Horrific.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/us/immigration-deported-parents.html

"Anthony was sent to a shelter for migrant children. And she was put on a plane back to Guatemala."

From our work on the border, we have seen a significant increase in the number of moms separated from their children, and many of them have reported they didnt even have a chance to say goodbye before the separation"

"Poor coordination among them has made it hard to track children and parents once their paths diverge in the labyrinthine system."

"In some cases, parents and children have gone weeks without being able to communicate with one another and without knowing one anothers whereabouts."

"Children whose parents have been arrested are transferred to the custody of the Health and Human Services Department, whose staff screens them, finds housing and remains responsible for them.

From that point, migrant parents and children become separate legal cases in the maze of government bureaucracy, and keeping them linked has proved challenging. Different legal protections are afforded to juveniles and adults in the immigration system, and as a result, reuniting families can take months or longer, several legal experts said."

""In federal court, parents typically plead guilty to the misdemeanor offense of illegal entry. Many are then likely to accept expedited removal from the country, in the hope of being reunited quickly with their children. But children cannot be subject to expedited removal; they are automatically entitled to a full hearing before an immigration judge, and their cases take longer to resolve.

Once the parent and child are apart, they are on separate legal tracks, said John Sandweg, who was acting director of ICE during the Obama administration."
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