Migrant parents separated from children return to US, plead to be reunitedCentral American migrants react as they wait to enter the US, asking for refuge and to be reunited with their children, after being separated from them by immigration authorities when crossing into the United States illegally last year, at the border crossing in Mexicali-Calexico. Visibly nervous parents crossed the pedestrian bridge, some with children and carrying luggage, a Reuters witness said. The group said 29 parents crossed. In a crackdown on illegal immigration by President Donald Trump’s administration, US officials have separated thousands of children from migrant parents who crossed from Mexico into the United States. Families interviewed by Reuters last week in Tijuana said their children were now among those either with relatives or foster parents in the United States.

Source: Standard Digital March 03, 2019 04:30 UTC