U.S. is Separating Immigrant Parents and Children to Discourage others, activists say
Parents that enter the US illegally have been held in immigration detention centers with their children but this recently has changed. A Brazilian woman named Jocelyn and her 14-year-old-son entered the US in 2014 both fleeing from violence, Jocelyn was fleeing domestic violence while her son was being threatened by gangs in Brazil. They left behind everything in hopes of gaining asylum in the US but they had a rude awakening and currently are being detained in two separate states. Jocelyn is being held in Texas while her son is being sent to a shelter in Illinois, a mother and her son are being torn apart not knowing when they will see each other again. This goal is to try and deter people from coming into this country illegally, so they fear they will be separated from their children not knowing when they will be together again.
The article continued to go into detail discussing how families that cross the border are being charged with federal offenses. "According to public defenders and immigrant advocates, more and more immigrant families who come to the southern border seeking asylum are being charged in federal criminal courts from El Paso to Arizona. Jocelyn was charged with a misdemeanor, and her son was sent to a shelter in Chicago. Comprehensive statistics do not exist, but activists and attorneys say anecdotal evidence suggests the practice is spreading." This practice is spreading and is causing trauma to families that are trying to seek asylum in the US. "Homeland Security won't say it is targeting families but does say it is making procedural and policy changes to deter illegal immigration." Jocelyn and her son turned themselves into the Border Patrol near El Paso thinking they were going to be helped not separated.
The article continued to go into detail discussing how families that cross the border are being charged with federal offenses. "According to public defenders and immigrant advocates, more and more immigrant families who come to the southern border seeking asylum are being charged in federal criminal courts from El Paso to Arizona. Jocelyn was charged with a misdemeanor, and her son was sent to a shelter in Chicago. Comprehensive statistics do not exist, but activists and attorneys say anecdotal evidence suggests the practice is spreading." This practice is spreading and is causing trauma to families that are trying to seek asylum in the US. "Homeland Security won't say it is targeting families but does say it is making procedural and policy changes to deter illegal immigration." Jocelyn and her son turned themselves into the Border Patrol near El Paso thinking they were going to be helped not separated.
It was heartbreaking reading this article knowing that a mother and son just wanted a better life away from violence. They did not come to the US to cause any problems they were hoping to seek asylum from the violence faced in Brazil. It's crazy knowing that this is happening to many families, and it is going to continue to happen to them. Learning what is going on in the world specifically with immigration becomes more heartbreaking each day, another family is torn apart.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-immigrant-family-separations-2018-story.html
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