Denials of U.S. immigrant visas skyrocket after little-heralded rule change
“Lawyers for some immigrants say consular officers are denying visas even when applicants fulfill legal requirements to prove they will be financially independent.
The refusals, capping an often complex and lengthy application process, can trap people for months or longer outside the United States, separated from American spouses and children, as they renew their efforts to legally return. Some may never be able to go back…”
Reporters tried to correct Trump’s incorrect data on immigration.
It was … not effective.
“The idea that immigrants, including immigrants in the country illegally, commit a disproportionate amount of crime has been repeatedly shown to be false…”
29 deported migrant parents return to the US,
hoping to reunite with their children and seek asylum
“In a declaration that Jesus plans to file with a new asylum application, Jesus wrote that an officer told him that by "putting one foot in the U.S., the government owns my son and they would do anything they wanted.”
He wrote that he told the officer that he “wouldn’t allow it” and that the officer “tore my son from my arms and I was ordered to place my hands on the wall. When I turned around, I couldn’t see my son, but I could hear his cries.”
Jesus said he signed a document in English, a language he doesn't speak or write; he says he it thought was an asylum application, but it was actually a deportation agreement.
“After I signed the documents, the officer laughed and said I had just signed my deportation,” Jesus wrote, adding that when he asked the officer why he had done that, the officer said, "not to worry, that my child would be at the airport.”
At the Texas airport that day, some nine months ago, Jesus waited for Ariel.
U.S. Custom and Border Protection did not respond to repeated requests by ABC News for comment…”
Families Are Still Being Separated at the Border,
Months After “Zero Tolerance” Was Reversed
“Immigration lawyers say border agents are again removing children from their parents. The explanation? They’re protecting kids from criminal dads and moms. Immigration advocates say it’s zero tolerance by another name…”
Infant Dies, Three Migrants Feared Dead in Raft Tragedy on Rio Grande
“Border Patrol agents found the body of the 10-month-old baby on Thursday…”
The American Family Makes This Country Great, and It’s in Danger
“Educators are also sounding the alarm bell, noting that children under threat of family separation are showing signs of trauma, or what medical professionals call “toxic stress.” If prolonged, toxic stress can impede brain development, harm vital organs and result in a variety of mental and physical disorders…”