Posted on May 3, 2021
Separated Families To Reunite In The U.S., As Immigrant Advocates Push For More
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A handful of migrant families that were separated at the border by the Trump administration will be allowed to reunify in the United States this week, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced today.
The four families will be the first to be reunified through a task force that was created by President Biden shortly after taking office in January.
The decision to allow migrant parents into the U.S. to reunify with their children here marks a sharp break with the Trump administration, which resisted allowing parents who were previously deported to return.
"Our team is dedicated to finding every family and giving them an opportunity to reunite and heal," Mayorkas told reporters Sunday. He did not explain how DHS selected the first four families.
The families came from Honduras and Mexico, and some had been separated as far back as 2017 — months before the Trump administration formally announced its "zero tolerance" policy that led to thousands of families getting separated.
The four families will be the first to be reunified through a task force that was created by President Biden shortly after taking office in January.
The decision to allow migrant parents into the U.S. to reunify with their children here marks a sharp break with the Trump administration, which resisted allowing parents who were previously deported to return.
"Our team is dedicated to finding every family and giving them an opportunity to reunite and heal," Mayorkas told reporters Sunday. He did not explain how DHS selected the first four families.
The families came from Honduras and Mexico, and some had been separated as far back as 2017 — months before the Trump administration formally announced its "zero tolerance" policy that led to thousands of families getting separated.
Separated Families To Reunite In The U.S., As Immigrant Advocates Push For More
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Why isn't everybody ever talking about the hundreds of millions of AMERICAN FAMILIES that get separated everyday by our corrupt 76 billion dollar a year family court system in all 50 states?!?
I haven't been allowed to see my kids and over three and a half years! And I barely have a parking ticket!
We we should fix this completely outrageous family court system and reunite our American families first before we worry about foreigners!
This is a huge reason why there are way more suicides from men compared to women. But this also creates the children that are alienated from their other parent and they also commit suicide because our corrupt family court system prevents them from having relationships with both of their parents!
I miss my kids so much everyday!
#Eraseddad
I haven't been allowed to see my kids and over three and a half years! And I barely have a parking ticket!
We we should fix this completely outrageous family court system and reunite our American families first before we worry about foreigners!
This is a huge reason why there are way more suicides from men compared to women. But this also creates the children that are alienated from their other parent and they also commit suicide because our corrupt family court system prevents them from having relationships with both of their parents!
I miss my kids so much everyday!
#Eraseddad
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