Treating separated kids like unaccompanied minors could backfire on the Trump administration
“Many of the parents were told that signing a document relinquishing their rights or their request for asylum was the only or the fastest way to be reunified with their children,” said Michelle Brané, director of the Migrant Rights and Justice Program at the Women’s Refugee Commission, and a member of the steering committee set up by the ACLU to track down deported parents.