FOTO: Michael Robinson Chavez — The Washington Post
The Biden administration redoubled its efforts to find and reunite the migrant families that were separated at the US-Mexico border under President Donald Trump.
The context: The family reunification group will launch a new program this Monday that authorities say will expand efforts to find parents, many of whom are in remote Central American communities, and help them return to the country, where they will get at least three years. of legal residence and other aid.
- More than 5,500 children were separated from their parents, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
- The federal group has reunited about 50 families since it began its work at the end of February, but there are between 1,000 and 2,000 that have not been located.
And now that? Once the separated parents of their children are located, the United States will work with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to help people obtain passports, return to the country, provide them with work permits, three-year residency and immigration services. support.
- The new program includes a web portal that will allow parents to contact the US government and initiate reunification. The site to promote it will be in English, Spanish, Portuguese and several indigenous languages of Central America.
- The contract with IOM and the effort to find migrant parents are initially planned for one year, but could be extended if necessary.
- The ACLU is in talks with the government and negotiates some compensation to families as part of the talks.
Main source of the news: AP
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