“I am requesting to reunite with my child…”
The Southern Poverty Law Center says this is a form some of their clients who have been detained under Donald Trump's racist “zero tolerance” program have been presented with, to request that ICE give back their children.
The form gives you two options: Repatriate to the country you sought asylum from *with* your kid, or *without* your kid, who you're leaving behind. That's it. Just the two.
An attorney with SPLC told NBC News reporter Ken Dilanian that “many are being pressured to sign this before they’ve even seen a judge, and despite not having a final order of removal.”
BREAKING- The @splcenter says a few of their clients detained under @realDonaldTrump zero tolerance have been presented this @ICEgov form. SPLC Attorney says “many are being pressured to sign this before they’ve even seen a judge, and despite not having a final order of removal.” pic.twitter.com/9nWKXp0vIN
— Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) July 2, 2018
. @HHSGov continues to refuse to provide updated numbers on child migrants who have been reunified. No details & no message about how the process is going. They say 11,800 total unaccompanied children in their care/affiliated centers.
Same number since Friday @realDonaldTrump— Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) July 2, 2018
“We are seeing cases where people who have passed credible fear interviews and have pending asylum claims are being given this form,” said Lee Gelernt, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union who is leading the class action lawsuit for family reunification.
— Julia E. Ainsley (@JuliaEAinsley) July 3, 2018
EXCLUSIVE: ICE agents giving migrant parents separated from their children 2 options: leave the country with your children or without them. w/ @jacobsoboroff https://t.co/L2eLq7pvle
— Julia E. Ainsley (@JuliaEAinsley) July 3, 2018
“My client is hearing babies crying at night. There are no babies in the detention center where she’s at.” – Immigration Attorney Eileen Blessinger tells me, referring to her client Ada, currently held at Port Isabel, still separated from her child. #zerotolerance
— Nick Valencia (@CNNValencia) July 2, 2018
