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It looks like most Central American migrant families entering the US have no idea that their childre
GRACE PANETTA
JUN 20, 2018, 12.43 AM
The Trump administration has described the "zero-tolerance" policy of separating families who arrive at the border together as a deterrent to prevent people from attempting to either seek asylum or immigrate illegally from Central America.
But lawyers, advocates, and families who have been separated say that most who arrive at the US border have no idea their children could be taken from them.
Before the "zero-tolerance" policy went into effect in April, it was very rare for families who arrived at the border together to be prosecuted at all, especially if they were applying for asylum, public defenders told The Washington Post. This was especially true for first-time border crossers.
But with the Trump administration's recent crackdown on illegal immigration, the court system in border areas is becoming overwhelmed and backlogged with the new addition of parents being charged with illegal entry in droves. A public defender in McAllen, Texas told The Post that number of illegal entry cases in McAllen has now soared to 1,000 per week.
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It looks like most Central American migrant families entering the US have no idea that their childre (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Jun 2018
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HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)1. Exactly, It's not like these people get cable news.
How many have to be taken before the word would get out? And how many will get accurate information? And how many human traffickers and coyotes are going to lie to get their fees?
Igel
(35,320 posts)2. And yet they'd get the news before separation.
That's SOP. The consent decree says that kids can't be held for more than 20 days before they're released. The parents are told that if they apply for asylum and don't accept deportation their case will certainly take more than 20 days and the likelihood of being put in family detention units is slight.
Some return home with their kids. Some stay in jail more than 20 days. And yet a few wind up placed together with their kids in family detention units.