As the story spread, lawmakers and more than 200 clergy asked US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) to grant María parole so she can leave detention and reunite with the girl. But despite that public support, Ice denied María’s application for parole in mid-December. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A group of supporters gathered at the Arizona state capitol to call on Ice to grant María’s parole. “Why does Ice get to say what the public interest is?” said Suzannah Maclay, one of María’s pro bono attorneys. After a federal judge in 2018 ordered most family separations to end, attorneys have been scrambling to reunite families.

Source: The Guardian December 21, 2019 10:52 UTC