The Return of Family Separation
Now, a more targeted version of that practice is back, far from the border.
My colleague Hamed Aleaziz, who covers immigration, found at least nine cases in which migrant parents already in the country were separated from their children after they refused to comply with deportation orders. 'Interior separation is approved,' officials with Immigration and Customs Enforcement wrote in one case.
Officials denied that there was any new policy on family separations. They told Hamed that parents had the option of staying with their children by leaving the country with them.
Today, I called Hamed, who told me the effort represented a new front in the administration's effort to persuade as many people as it could to leave the country.
JB: You spoke with several parents who have been separated from their children in recent months, all of whom were in ICE custody. What did they tell you?
HA: They expressed anguish, first and foremost, at being separated from their kids. They were still coming to grips with this idea that they were not with their children — and that there weren't any prospects of being with their children anytime soon.
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