Separations of children, parents at U.S. border could be permanent: Former immigration director

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The former acting head of U.S. immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) under the Obama administration says President Donald Trump’s new zero-tolerance policy that separates families seeking to claim asylum does nothing to secure America’s borders.

“What you’re seeing now is an intentional and systemic approach to separating parents from their children in order to try to deter additional people from Central America from coming,” John Sandweg said.

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“When we talk to kids and families they tell us ‘I will die if I stay in my country and I may die if I make the journey,’” Jennifer Podkul from Kids in Need of Defense told Global News.

“When you’re facing odds like that you’re going to continue taking risks even if it means being taken away from your children because at least your children will be alive.”

https://globalnews.ca/news/4284138/separation-children-parents-us-border-permanent/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

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1. Those families effected by trump's policy

And had their children ripped from them should get full citizenship , and their children also for the damage trump has caused to them, and to show the world this is not us, and we are better than trump. Congress needs to show trump he isn't the dictator by making this statement to him now. Those resisting making them right shouldn't be in OUR government, and voted out of office. We need to get the racist out of our government , and our justice system for good. And those republicans having second thoughts about siding with the monster doing this to children should do like Steve S did by renouncing his no longer being a republican.