Some parents have been locked in immigration detention facilities for months, others deported back to their home countries after being taken from their families once again. In some cases, immigration officials conducting interior arrests deported people despite discovering they were legally off limits for removal, according to emails obtained by AP. If parents are arrested or deported under the president’s push for mass deportations, they are being made to choose whether to leave their children behind in the U.S.
“DHS complies with all court orders, even as radical NGOs shop for the most favorable forum and activist judges seek to thwart our operations,” said acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, in response to AP requests for comment about the government’s policies toward separated families.
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