The US Department of Homeland Security is considering separating illegal immigrant women from children. What does that mean?

According to foreign media reports, the US Department of Homeland Security is considering separating Mexican women who cross the border into the United States from their children. One way to do this is to prevent mothers from bringing their children into the country, and the other way is to let the US government detain parents while illegal immigrants file asylum applications or wait for repatriation appeals, and send the children to the Ministry of Health and Human Services for separate placement.

At present, because the federal court has ordered that children are not allowed to be detained for a long time, once illegal immigrant families request asylum, they can be released and openly live illegally in the United States.

In the four months from June last year 10 to June this year 10, about 54,000 children and their guardians were arrested while illegally entering the United States, which was at least twice as much as the same period of the previous year.

* * * party member pointed out in Congress that women are willing to take the risk of taking their children on a smuggling trip, because they know that even if they are detained, they will be released soon, and they will have to wait for several years before going to court.

The Department of Health and Human Services issued a statement saying: "The trip to the north is full of danger. Children who sneak with their parents, relatives or smugglers are often exploited, abused or even killed. In view of security considerations, the Department of Homeland Security constantly explores options and hopes to dispel their thoughts of smuggling. "

When referring to a town hall meeting with asylum officials at the beginning of last month, US Citizenship and Immigration Service Director Rafi briefly introduced the idea of considering separating Mexican women and children crossing the border.

However, some people expressed their opposition to this. Immigrant rights advocates say that violence and poverty in Central America forced mothers to move to the United States, and the United States should give them asylum. Representative Kuler, a Democrat from Texas, said in a statement: "It is wrong to separate mothers from children ... it may involve human rights violations." Hinkapi, executive director of the National Center for Immigration Law, said that the implementation of this isolation measure may cause permanent psychological trauma, "especially for Central American children who have just finished their adventures."

In the four months from June last year 10 to June this year 10, about 54,000 children and their guardians were arrested while illegally entering the United States, which was at least twice as much as the same period of the previous year.