Guatemalan mother sues after being separated from her 7-year-old son at the border
Daniel González, Arizona Republic
Published 6:02 p.m. MT June 19, 2018
Updated 7:46 p.m. MT June 19, 2018
A Guatemalan mother who crossed the border illegally in May with her 7-year-old son has sued the Trump administration, accusing officials of forcibly taking away her child as punishment for coming to the U.S. to seek asylum ...
The 39-year-old woman told the agents she was escaping severe violence in Guatemala and death threats, including death threats by her husband against her and her son, according to a copy of the lawsuit ...
Two days later, men in green uniforms told her they needed to take her son but would not tell her why, the lawsuit says ...
The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to a request for comment ...
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2018/06/19/guatemalan-mother-sues-trump-over-separation-7-year-old-son/715773002/
