MCALLEN, TX – JUNE 21:
Jennifer Chavarria Martinez of Nicaragua holds her 2-year-old son, Jayden Chavarria, and Rudy Gudiel Salazar Enriquez of Guatemala holds his 2.5-year-old son, Keyler Ismael Salazar Martinez at Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley on Thursday, June 21, 2018, in McAllen, TX. Both families left their respective countries in the beginning of June. Donald Trump abruptly signed an executive order ending family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border after international public uproar over the impact of his administrations zero tolerance immigration policy. A day after the signing of the executive order, officials announced the U.S. will stop prosecuting parents who cross the border illegally with children.
Credit: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post
Families and sponsors of immigrant children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border are being forced to pay thousands of dollars to get them released from government-contracted detention centers, The New York Timesreported Sunday.
According to several sponsors, many of whom are close relatives of the children, the amount of red tape and financial hurdles before families presents […]
