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| Protest in NYC’s Foley Square. Photo: NYU Immigrant Defense Initiative |
The U.S. is violating "well
established Inter-American standards," such as rights to family and to
seek asylum and protection," said petitioners.
By Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News
June 1, 2018
Dagoberto A Melchor Santacruz
hasn’t seen his 16-year-old partially deaf son since the two came to the U.S.
border to ask for asylum. Maria Andrés de la Cruz awaits reunification with her
three young children that agents separated from her and put in an icy cold
cell. Antonio Bol Paau has been unable to find out where his 12-year-old son is
for days.
Migrant advocates and attorneys
accused the United States of human rights violations in an official complaint
filed with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Thursday. The
complaint came as activists protested in cities around the country against the
Trump administration's latest tactic aimed at curtailing immigration.[…]
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Protesters Across the U.S. Decry
Policy of Separating Immigrant Families
By Joel Rose and Marisa
Peñaloza, NPR
June 1, 2018
Protesters gathered in more than
two dozen cities across the country on Friday to condemn the Trump
administration's practice of separating immigrant parents and children at the
Southern border.
At least 600 children were taken
from their parents last month as part of the administration's crackdown on
illegal immigration.
"The stories are
horrific," said Jessica Morales Rocketto, with the National Domestic
Workers Alliance, who helped organize the protest in Washington, D.C.[…]
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