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Three Central Americans detained after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum are suing the federal government over its now-reversed policy of separating them from their young children. The lawsuit, filed by lawyers with Texas RioGrande Legal Aid on Wednesday, argues the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant youth from their parents — which the president pulled back on Wednesday under intense national pressure — was “designed, intended and administered as a means of deterring all immigration, even legal immigration by those with a right to seek asylum.” The parents are asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to reunite them with their children and rule that the U.S. government violated their constitutional rights. “This is punishment, it interferes with family integrity, and it interferes with access to courts, all of which our Constitution’s Fifth Amendment does not … [Read more...] about Three Central Americans separated from their children at the U.S.-Mexico border are suing the federal government
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Gov. Paul LePage says he’d send National Guard to U.S.-Mexico border
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor says if asked he would send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. Gov. Paul LePage said Wednesday he’d do so if Republican President Trump makes a request. LePage’s comment comes as multiple East Coast governors have announced they won’t deploy National Guard resources near the U.S.-Mexico border. Such governors are criticizing the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy that has resulted in children being separated from their families. The Maine Army National Guard didn’t immediately respond to request for comment. Republican governors including Larry Hogan of Maryland and Charlie Baker of Massachusetts have reversed steps to station National Guard resources at the border. Democratic governors in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, New York and Virginia have indicated their refusal to send troops. … [Read more...] about Gov. Paul LePage says he’d send National Guard to U.S.-Mexico border
Over 2,300 Children Separated From Parents At U.S.-Mexico Border From May 5 To June 9
POLITICS 06/20/2018 01:00 am ET Immigration advocates and legal experts say there is no clear system in place to reunite these families. (Reuters) - Over 2,300 children were separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border between May 5 and June 9 under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said on Tuesday, and immigration advocates and legal experts say there is no clear system in place to reunite them. The policy directs border officials to refer for prosecution all immigrants apprehended while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. Parents who are no longer detained “are entitled to get their kids back through a documented process,” U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said. When are children and parents separated? Immigrants arrested near the southwestern border are taken to processing centers where officials refer some to federal court to be prosecuted … [Read more...] about Over 2,300 Children Separated From Parents At U.S.-Mexico Border From May 5 To June 9
Seattle Mayor to visit U.S.-Mexico border calling for end to ‘zero tolerance’ policy
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Christie: Separating migrant children from parents at U.S.-Mexico border is inhumane
MCALLEN, Texas –A 2-year-old Honduran cries as her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018, in McAllen, Texas. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it now has 11,785 migrants in custody. That includes 1,995 children who have been separated from their parents. And of those, more than 100 are four years old and younger. This is just inhumane. I don’t care what Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen says. How does a four, three or two-year-old even process being separated from their mother? According to Colleen Kraft, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, they can’t. They just cry. “These children have been traumatized on their trip up to the border, and the first thing that happens is we take away the one constant in their life that helps them buffer all these horrible experiences,” she said of the nearly 2,000 children affected by the … [Read more...] about Christie: Separating migrant children from parents at U.S.-Mexico border is inhumane