They were caught scaling a fence in El Paso, and spent the night in a holding cell at a U.S. Border Patrol station with other mothers and children, a group of about twenty-five people in all.https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/in-ice-detention-a-honduran-woman-fears-deportation-without-her-son?mbid=social_twitter …
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On the afternoon of their second day in detention, two male agents entered the cell. “They didn’t say anything,” Rivera told
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She pleaded with the agents to tell her what was going on. The other women in the cell were too stunned to speak, Rivera said.https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/in-ice-detention-a-honduran-woman-fears-deportation-without-her-son?mbid=social_twitter …
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In the next few hours, the agents started taking other children, too. Eventually, the mothers were told that they would be reunited with their children after spending a few days in jail.https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/in-ice-detention-a-honduran-woman-fears-deportation-without-her-son?mbid=social_twitter …
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Nearly six weeks later, Rivera has not seen her son. She fears she'll be deported without Jairo. Read her story: http://nyer.cm/Q2gpIJf pic.twitter.com/SuyiISov1b
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Why didn’t they go to an official asylum entry point?
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I believe today we should take a moment to recognize these immigrants (legal or illegal, it does not matter) as parents, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters; they want nothing more than what we want.
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Safety for their children. I don’t believe there is one of us that can fully imagine the desperation of these parents that are risking so much for their babies. I hope we never will have to understand, but we should have
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Entering our country illegally has consequences. It's insulting (and racist) to think the woman is too stupid to understand that fact.
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What if she was an asylee?
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Legitimate asylum-seeking families are not separated.https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-asylum/asylum/obtaining-asylum-united-states …
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Seeking a better life? What, she was supposed to live in squalor fearing murder or rape daily? A parent wants the best for their child? These people are heroes.
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If you think that took a long time to create, you're definitely a Trump supporter.
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