(Johan Ordonez/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)In an attempt to deter illegal immigration from Mexico, the Department of Homeland Security is considering separating children from parents caught crossing the border, Secretary John Kelly said Monday on CNN. In recent years, the department has faced an unprecedented number of undocumented women and children from Central America crossing into the United States. In response to an increase in families crossing the border in 2014, the Obama administration opened multiple detention centers to house them and to deter others from crossing. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered that child migrants who are accompanied by a parent and currently in family detention should be quickly released. Pro-bono lawyers often focus their efforts at the three current family detention centers, he said.

Source: Washington Post March 07, 2017 13:32 UTC