Migrant parents in ICE detention refuse to separate from children

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Not one of the 366 families in ICE detention agreed to be separated from their child when asked by the agency last week, several immigration lawyers and a senior ICE official told NBCNews.

Now, to further show compliance, ICE is drafting a new form that would ask parents to waive their rights under the Flores settlement, the ICE official said. Those rights include not holding children longer than 20 days in facilities that are not licensed to hold children, as none of the three ICE family detention centers are.

Lawyers said their immigrant clients were confused and disturbed by the form and felt that ICE officers were using it to intimidate them into giving up their children. Many of the families have been in detention since last fall waiting for the results of federal lawsuits that challenge the Trump administration's policies and procedures on asylum, said Bridget Cambria, an immigration lawyer who represents clients in the family detention center in Berks County, Pennsylvania, where many of the families include infants.

 

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UROCKlive1 I wouldn't trust them either. Remember that Romanian dude who was told his kid would be given to him if he boards the plane? They kept it in the US

maggieNYT Picture has nothing to do with text of the story. Just proves how corrupt and dishonest the media is. America isn't stupid, but apparently everyone in the media is

ICEgov there's going to be a day of reckoning when Trump gets voted out.

U break the law knowing the consequences and do it anyways... Then u want us, the citizens of the U.S. To fell sorry for u.. u lost ur kids on ur own.. ur decisions

maggieNYT ICE has to ask for permission to separate illegal immigrant children from their families? Are we sure about this?

what makes you think they give shit? all they going to say to themselves are: it’s their job, they were following orders

maggieNYT Good for them

'Mother Of Son Killed By Illegal to Pelosi: Which One Of Your Children Is Expendable For An Illegal Life?'

Not one has been asked to come to OUR country ILLEGALLY!! They can all be reunited in their OWN countries! GTFO!!!

Keep talking about these mistreated people. The United States of America I grew up in didn't treat people like sub humans.

So what?

maggieNYT

(Every scumbag politician who turns a blind eye to these ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS have BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS!) 'Suspected illegal immigrant charged with murdering 12 elderly women by smothering them with pillows'

Maybe they should have stayed home and not broken the laws of a foreign country?

BREAKING: Not one of the 366 families in ICE detention has the last name Smith or Jones

Those scumbags are NOT 'migrants' they are ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS! They come here ILLEGALLY then have the audacity to complain when they are treated as the criminals they are?! Shame on those scumbags defending them!

Send. Them. All. Home. IllegalAliens

maggieNYT the 'families' that didn't want to be separated...any human trafficking concerns NBC Were you too busy to get back to your spirit cooking dinner to investigate

Who would?

DeportThem

maggieNYT Omg shameless recycling of stupid topics. But if you cut hair or go to work nbc is 100000% for separating families

they should all be fast-tracked back to their shitholes.

maggieNYT Actions have consequences. If they do not wish to be separated from their child, they should not have entered the country illegally. If Americans endanger their children, CPS separates parents from their children, yet no media coverage.

How can we help these people?

surely they can be reunited if they want, though. ICE must be the only 'inhumane prison' where you're allowed to leave whenever you want

Can we take a moment to read their sign....it says “in your hands”....we all have blood in our hands😂😂

U.S. human rights abuse stays on brand.

Ahh, you mean the Obama administration ICE detention facilities

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