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US considers separating women and children who cross illegally into US-Mar 2017
Trump has planned to take kids away from their parents for a year. He wanted to do this! The experts warned him that his policy would do irreparable and lifelong harm to children, and there would be disastrous PR blowback and legal challenges. Trump has been working on this policy since 2017, but he's brazenly lying despite all the evidence against him.
Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated by US authorities under a proposal being considered by the Department of Homeland Security, according to three government officials.
The policy shift would allow the government to keep parents in custody while they contest deportation or wait for asylum hearings. Children would be put into protective custody with the Department of Health and Human Services, in the “least restrictive setting” until they can be taken into the care of a US relative or state-sponsored guardian.
Currently, families contesting deportation or applying for asylum are generally released from detention quickly and allowed to remain in the United States until their cases are resolved. A federal appeals court ruling bars prolonged child detention.
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Implementing the new policy proposal “could create lifelong psychological trauma”, said Marielena Hincapie, executive director at the National Immigration Law Center. “Especially for children that have just completed a perilous journey from Central America.”
Hincapie said the US government was likely to face legal challenges based on immigration and family law if they decide to implement the policy. The Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly last week ordered immigration agents to deport or criminally prosecute parents who facilitate the illegal smuggling of their children.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/03/us-immigration-proposal-women-children-separation-border
The policy shift would allow the government to keep parents in custody while they contest deportation or wait for asylum hearings. Children would be put into protective custody with the Department of Health and Human Services, in the “least restrictive setting” until they can be taken into the care of a US relative or state-sponsored guardian.
Currently, families contesting deportation or applying for asylum are generally released from detention quickly and allowed to remain in the United States until their cases are resolved. A federal appeals court ruling bars prolonged child detention.
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Implementing the new policy proposal “could create lifelong psychological trauma”, said Marielena Hincapie, executive director at the National Immigration Law Center. “Especially for children that have just completed a perilous journey from Central America.”
Hincapie said the US government was likely to face legal challenges based on immigration and family law if they decide to implement the policy. The Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly last week ordered immigration agents to deport or criminally prosecute parents who facilitate the illegal smuggling of their children.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/03/us-immigration-proposal-women-children-separation-border