Undocumented Parents Could Be Separated From Their Children at the Border
Earlier this week, secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly told CNN that the United States is considering separating undocumented immigrant children from their parents if they show up to the U.S.-Mexico border without authorization, as a way to deter border crossings. This proposal to separate families was quickly met with sharp criticism, condemned by UNICEF as “cruel and traumatic,” and described by Mexican foreign minister Luis Videgaray as “an attack against the integrity of the fundamental unit of social life that is family,” The Hill reports.