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"Children are expected to be separated from their parents" / American families with undocumented members will face the deportations announced by Trump in 2025

2024-11-24 11:35:21Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

"Children are expected to be separated from their parents" / American

Immigrants in the US are bracing for millions of families to potentially be separated from each other during mass deportations planned by President-elect Donald Trump.

It's unclear how deportations will play out and how families will be affected, but a recent study by the American Immigration Council, a pro-immigration advocacy group, estimated that as many as 4 million mixed-status families—where some members are undocumented and some are US citizens – they can be separated.

In states like Arizona, Colorado and Pennsylvania, mixed-status families, asylum seekers and advocates say they are planning scenarios where children could be separated from their parents.

In Pennsylvania, Lillie, an American citizen who did not want to use her last name out of concern for her family's safety, has been married to her Honduran husband for 10 years, but says he has no papers.

"If something happens and my husband is arrested or deported, it would be very difficult for me to get passports for my children, for our children, so that we could leave the country to go see him," she said, while given the process.

Her husband was detained in 2017, during the last Trump administration, for about two months. According to her, it was an experience which affected her mentally and emotionally.

"He has made it clear that if it were to happen again, he will not 'fight' because he does not want to stay in detention anymore, he will simply
agree to leave", she says.

Throughout his presidential run, Trump has rallied supporters by promising to implement the largest mass deportation effort in American history. And while Trump has said he will begin by prioritizing non-Americans with criminal records to infiltrate, the former president and his incoming administration have not ruled out separating or deporting families.

Specific mass deportation plans are still being developed by Trump and his transition team, but sources familiar with the planning told NBC News recently that resuming family detention and potentially building more detention facilities in non-border cities in USA are being considered.

In Tucson, Arizona, the Coalición de Derechos Humanos, a group of more than 10 nonprofits, is helping undocumented and mixed-status families create "emergency kits" ahead of possible mass deportations. The idea, organizers say, is based in part on past experiences where parents have been detained or deported while their children were in school.

"We had cases when they called. We have had cases when they have not been able to contact their mother, their friends", said the co-founder of the coalition Isabel Garcia.

The "emergency pack," which coalition members are helping families make at local workshops, will include key documents such as a power of attorney for parental authority, family emergency contacts and a child's school records.

Garcia said community interest in the coalition and its services has peaked since Trump won the 2024 presidential election.

"More people have come to our meetings. We've had more people call us. Now we are flooded with cases," said Garcia.


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