ICE is ending long-term immigrant family detention
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Hidalgo County Precinct 3 Constable Deputies gather information from migrants who crossed the Rio Grande in an area known as El Rincon del Diablo, the Devil’s Corner, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. The constable deputies were helping the U.S. Border Patrol in the area near Anzalduas Park where a large number of families have crossed into the U.S. The Border Patrol has a processing area under the Anzalduas International Bridge. During the evening over 200 migrants, all family units or juveniles traveling alone, crossed the river and turns themselves in to authorities.Jerry Lara, Staff / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
San Antonio s RAICES and other aid groups sue Trump admin for violating rights of migrant children Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 11:05 AM click to enlarge Rebecca Centeno Central American refugees line up in Matamoros to wait for a chance to plead for asylum as an aid volunteer checks on their safety. Immigrants rights groups, including San Antonio-based RAICES, have sued the Trump administration for denying protections it s required under law to give to unaccompanied migrant children. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in California, argues that the White House s hard-line wait in Mexico policy has forced some 69,000 asylum seekers, many of them children, to face danger and squalor south of the borde
part of what makes that possible is fear. as if we have something to be afraid of from a child fleeing violence. i m joined by alicia menendez co-host of amanpour p and company and chief voccing officer for. raises. a non-profit group that provides legal services to immigrants right heres in texas. given the work you re doing with araices and another americans getting a another view of this, thesigration debates have been going for i long time but the photograph, the inability of the administration to say words out loud saying why they want to deny children so, blankets. walk you through your views of what should matter on the debate stage tonight. we re seeing what had already
employees are walking out tomorrow at 1:30. we ask that wayfair donate all profits made from the sale to raices. . alexandria ocasio-cortez on this issue comes in and says way fair workers couldn t stomach they were making beds for caged children. they asked the company to stop. ceo said no. tomorrow they are walking out. that is what solidarity looks like: do you want the beds or not? we are all saying humanitarian crisis. you are coming out and saying many times, rightfully so, you want to make sure there are good conditions for these kids in these processing centers. now you have a company coming out and say they are going to provide beds now you decided to oppose that what are your priorities? brian: they are not cages they are in huge warehouses because they are all overwhelmed. they want to divide the kids from the adults for obvious reasons. especially when they come over unaccompanied. you can t build a plaster
exactly where they are and they have no way to hook them up with their kids. as amazing as it may seem, when they separated these families at the beginning of this process, they didn t ensure parentage then. they re only trying to do it now on the backside so they re basically saying to these parents, you have to prove to us that these are your kids. ryan. miguel marquez in brownsville, texas, reporting on this situation that continues to be more complicated as opposed to less complicated. thank you, miguel. let s talk more about this reunification process with jennifer falcon, the communications director for raices, a nonprofit that offers free or low cost legal services to immigrants and refugees. jennifer, i want to start with the trump administration saying it s going to need more time to reunite these families. what s your reaction to that news? i think that that news is a clear indication that the administration has no idea where the families are and how to reunite them. th