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Judi Lynn

(160,527 posts)
Thu Mar 7, 2019, 04:11 PM Mar 2019

Trump Administration Won't Say If Deported Parents Can Ever Reunite With Their Kids

Source: Huffington Post

03/07/2019 02:39 pm ET

One father hasn’t seen his son in more than ten months and is hoping the U.S. government will let him back into the country.

By Angelina Chapin

Last weekend, 29 parents from Central America were allowed to cross the border into America to apply for asylum and begin the process to reunite with their separated children.

But that was not the case for Mateo.

The father caught dengue fever and couldn’t make the monthlong journey from Central America to Mexicali, Mexico. He was supposed to have traveled with the group of mothers and fathers, accompanied by lawyers and religious leaders, to see his 13-year-old son who immigration officials took away from him more than 10 months ago.

Now, he has no idea if or when the U.S. government will allow him back in the country to apply for asylum.

“The only thing I have in my mind is ‘When am I going to see my son again?’” said Mateo in a phone call with HuffPost, speaking from Guatemala. “But now I’m sitting at home disappointed, disillusioned and waiting.” Mateo, who requested a pseudonym to protect his privacy, said that even remembering the day he and his son were separated “makes me cry” and that all he wants is to hug his child.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-trump-admin-is-keeping-deported-parents-away-from-their-separated-children_n_5c815418e4b06ff26ba6abfe

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Trump Administration Won't Say If Deported Parents Can Ever Reunite With Their Kids (Original Post) Judi Lynn Mar 2019 OP
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Mar 2019 #1
This stuff makes me ashamed to be an American. Mr. Smith Mar 2019 #2
MAGA, don't ya know. JudyM Mar 2019 #7
But they've already lost track of kids sakabatou Mar 2019 #3
K&R Solly Mack Mar 2019 #4
If one individual did this to another, they'd be put away for life. FiveGoodMen Mar 2019 #5
This is kidnapping! denvine Mar 2019 #6
Will we EVER know the truth here bluestarone Mar 2019 #8
tRump is great friends with Epstein. Who else is he friends with that he might be supplying/enabling Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2019 #9
This deserves a kick. Duppers Mar 2019 #10
This is just heartbreaking. K&R Lady_Chat Mar 2019 #11

Lady_Chat

(561 posts)
11. This is just heartbreaking. K&R
Fri Mar 8, 2019, 06:50 AM
Mar 2019

This just makes me sick. Why is there no outrage and so little media coverage about it. No one is being held accountable, it's just cruel.

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