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“There are also some cases in which immigrant families are being separated after coming to ports of entry and presenting themselves for asylum — thus following US law.”
www.vox.com
“Each day, dozens of immigrant families come to the US-Mexico border seeking asylum — and now the parents are being told that they’ve broken the law, are separated from their children, and are taken to jail.
The children, meanwhile, are swept into a completely different federal bureaucracy.
And there is no process to reunite the families.”
www.vox.com
“Still, even families that follow the proper procedure of seeking asylum at a port of entry are being separated on occasion, though it happens less often than when families cross between ports of entry. The lawsuits involving the Central American fathers and a Congolese mother are both documented cases in which families seeking asylum were separated after arriving at San Diego ports of entry.”
www.voiceofsandiego.org
“Nicole Ramos, an attorney who provides legal help to asylum seekers in Tijuana, said she started to see an increase in family separations at ports of entry in May 2017.
Ramos has filed eight complaints related to this issue in recent months with the Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, which investigates civil rights violations.
Separations at ports of entry have happened “even when families have presented sufficient evidence of parentage, even where they do not have signs of neglect or abuse … even when the child is able to speak for themselves and say” this is my parent, Ramos said.”
www.latimes.com

The Trump administration’s separation of families at the border, explained
Why children are being sent to "foster care or whatever" while their parents are sent to jail.

“Each day, dozens of immigrant families come to the US-Mexico border seeking asylum — and now the parents are being told that they’ve broken the law, are separated from their children, and are taken to jail.
The children, meanwhile, are swept into a completely different federal bureaucracy.
And there is no process to reunite the families.”

Trump’s separation of families at the border: a visual explainer
How family separation became a Trump administration strategy.

“Still, even families that follow the proper procedure of seeking asylum at a port of entry are being separated on occasion, though it happens less often than when families cross between ports of entry. The lawsuits involving the Central American fathers and a Congolese mother are both documented cases in which families seeking asylum were separated after arriving at San Diego ports of entry.”

Family Separations at the Border, an FAQ
What's behind the Trump administration's policy of separating families at the border, how it's playing out in San Diego and what to look for next as the policy continues to test the courts and the public's patience.

“Nicole Ramos, an attorney who provides legal help to asylum seekers in Tijuana, said she started to see an increase in family separations at ports of entry in May 2017.
Ramos has filed eight complaints related to this issue in recent months with the Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, which investigates civil rights violations.
Separations at ports of entry have happened “even when families have presented sufficient evidence of parentage, even where they do not have signs of neglect or abuse … even when the child is able to speak for themselves and say” this is my parent, Ramos said.”
The Trump administration says it's a 'myth' that families that ask for asylum at ports of entry are separated. It happens frequently, records show
A woman named Mirian and her 18-month-old son reached Brownsville, Texas, early this year after fleeing Honduras, where the military had teargassed their home.