{"id":1002563,"date":"2018-10-10T12:04:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T12:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002563"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:15:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:15:46","slug":"the-latest-young-children-forced-to-appear-in-court-parents-could-lose-kids-to-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-latest-young-children-forced-to-appear-in-court-parents-could-lose-kids-to-adoption\/","title":{"rendered":"THE LATEST: Young Children Forced To Appear In Court, Parents Could Lose Kids To Adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Trump administration claims it is reuniting families, but a new investigation shows that children could be sent into adoption without notifying their parents who have already been deported. Meanwhile, young children have been forced to appear in court after being forcibly separated from their families because of Trump\u2019s cruel policy. Here\u2019s the latest:<\/p>\n

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Contrary to the Trump administration\u2019s claims that it is reuniting families, parents could lose their kids to adoption without being notified.<\/p>\n

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Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cFederal officials insist they are reuniting families and will continue to do so. But an Associated Press investigation drawing on hundreds of court documents, immigration records and interviews in the U.S. and Central America identified holes in the system that allow state court judges to grant custody of migrant children to American families \u2014 without notifying their parents.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Children as young as two years old are forced to come before federal immigration courts after being separated from their families.<\/p>\n

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New York Times<\/a>: \u201cThe youngest child to come before the bench in federal immigration courtroom No. 14 was so small she had to be lifted into the chair. Even the judge in her black robes breathed a soft \u2018aww\u2019 as her latest case perched on the brown leather. Her feet stuck out from the seat in small gray sneakers, her legs too short to dangle. Her fists were stuffed under her knees. As soon as the caseworker who had sat her there turned to go, she let out a whimper that rose to a thin howl, her crumpled face a bursting dam. The girl, Fernanda Jacqueline Davila, was 2 years old: brief life, long journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump expanded the pool of undocumented immigrants that are priorities for deportation and restricted granting reprieves to certain immigrants facing deportation.<\/p>\n

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BuzzFeed<\/a>: \u201cAttorneys for Immigration and Customs Enforcement were restricted from granting reprieves for certain immigrants facing deportation, ordered to review and potentially reopen previously closed cases, and told that nearly all undocumented immigrants were priorities for deportation, according to a previously unreleased memo obtained by BuzzFeed News.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s proposed rule to limit green-card eligibility was designed to create confusion and keep immigrants from using public benefits.<\/p>\n

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USA Today<\/a>: \u201cThat combination of fear and confusion created by the new 447 pages of rules is partly by design, according to the Trump administration’s proposal. At its core, the new rules would vastly expand the kinds of government benefits that, if used by immigrants, would disqualify them from becoming legal permanent residents. The Department of Homeland Security says the use of benefits is an indication that the immigrant is likely to become a \u2018public charge\u2019 dependent on government services at some point in the future. But the proposal goes even farther, explicitly stating that \u2018concern about the consequences\u2019 of using any public benefit is likely to drive immigrants out of programs \u2018even if such individuals are otherwise eligible to receive benefits.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Trump administration claims it is reuniting families, but a new investigation shows that children could be sent into adoption without notifying their parents who have already been deported. Meanwhile, young children have been forced to appear in court after being forcibly separated from their families because of Trump\u2019s cruel policy. 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