Migrant Says U.S. Government Told Him to Pay $1,300 for Daughter s Airfare So They Could Reunite
On 5/11/21 at 2:23 PM EDT
As thousands of migrant children await U.S. asylum in about 200 facilities, a migrant parent who fled El Salvador is reporting that a government hotline told him to pay $1,300 to fly his detained 8-year-old daughter to Southern California from Brownsville, Texas.
José, who came to the U.S. four years ago after his village was targeted in a massacre, told the
Associated Press that his wife and daughter were turned away at the border in March and displaced to Mexico. His daughter tried to cross again alone, leading to her detention on April 6.
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