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> the child will go into the custody of the state. The child will end up in a temporary foster home or similar housing. They will not be kept in locked chain-l
by alasdair_ 8y ago
> the child will go into the custody of the state.
The child will end up in a temporary foster home or similar housing. They will not be kept in locked chain-link areas for weeks on end.
>Also, keep in mind that it isn't all asylum applicants who get separated. If you show up at a valid port of entry into the US and request asylum, then no crime has been committed and no one is separated from their families.
This is flat out wrong.
See (for example - there are many other documented cases) https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/05/us/guatemalan-immigrant-family-separated/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/05/us/guatemalan-immigrant-famil...
"After the rest of the family took their chances by presenting themselves to US immigration authorities, the possibility of forced separation became reality. The 20-year-old son was sent to a detention center in San Diego. Maria and her three youngest children were shipped to a family detention center in Dilley, Texas -- about 70 miles southwest of San Antonio."
"The two youngest members of the Villatoro family are now at a detention center in New York state while their mom remains detained in Texas."