WASHINGTON (AP) A government watchdog says the Trump administration, under its practice of separating families at the border, forced migrant parents to leave the U.S. without their children, contradicting claims by officials that parents were willingly leaving them behind.
WASHINGTON (AP) A government watchdog says the Trump administration, under its practice of separating families at the border, forced migrant parents to leave the U.S. without their children, contradicting claims by officials that parents were willingly leaving them behind. The Department of Homeland Security Inspector General said in a report released Monday that it […]
The Trump administration refused to allow hundreds of migrant children whom it had separated from their parents at the southern border to return to their home countries with their family and deceived the public about reunification efforts, according to government auditors.
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U.S. forced deported parents to leave kids behind, watchdog reports
In 2017 and 2018, Department of Homeland Security officials were claiming parents were choosing to leave their children in the U.S.
By BEN FOXAssociated Press
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Migrants wait with at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent at an intake area after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on March 24 in Roma, Texas. A new report found at least 348 cases in which Immigration and Customs Enforcement had no records showing migrants wanted to leave their children in the U.S.
Julio Cortez/Associated Press
WASHINGTON A government watchdog says the Trump administration, under its practice of separating families at the border, forced migrant parents to leave the U.S. without their children, contradicting claims by officials that parents were willingly leaving them behind.
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