Children will be placed in the custody of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement, administration officials said. “Brutally separating young children from their parents is not a response worthy of a great and humane nation,” Mr. Stodder said. The Trump administration already had hinted that a policy of separating migrant children from their parents was under consideration as a means of deterrence. “Separating mothers and children at the border is just another example of the administration’s cruelty and attempts to scare or deter people from seeking asylum, “ Ms. Gilbert said. The new policy, meant to deter illegal immigration, would not apply to people who present themselves at ports of entry seeking asylum.

Source: New York Times May 07, 2018 16:30 UTC