DHS Proposal to Separate Women & Children After Crossing from Mexico Angers Advocacy Groups Rachael Revesz - Independent UK
go to original March 7, 2017

Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly talks to CNN's Wolf Blitzer about the administration's revised executive order on immigration as well as President Trump's baseless claim that Trump Tower was bugged during the 2016 campaign. (CNN)

Advocacy and civil rights groups have expressed outrage at a proposal by the Department of Homeland Security to separate parents from their children to deter them from illegally crossing the Mexican-US border.

DHS Secretary John Kelly told CNN that he was considering the proposal to ensure that mothers and fathers thought twice about putting their lives in the hands of illegal human trafficking networks.

The proposal would mean putting children in the care of the government or sending them to live with relatives in the US.

"I would do almost anything to deter the people from Central America getting on this very, very dangerous network that brings them up from Mexico," Mr Kelly said.

He added that children removed from their guardians would be "well cared for as we deal with their parents."

...Critics say the new proposal would be traumatic for families. Many women who flee across the border are so desperate or have suffered trauma at home, therefore the DHS proposal would not act as a deterrent.

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