Recommendations of the Editorial team
As part of the Immigration-Raid of Donald Trump Has the immigration and customs authority (ICE) Dilated three children with US citizenship on Friday morning together with their mothers in New Orleans. One of the children is in cancer treatment. One of the mothers is pregnant.
Both families have lived in the United States for years. And according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) from Louisiana, were firmly rooted in their communities. The organization warns that the circumstances of its sudden deportation Raise serious concerns about proper procedure.
The civil rights organization states that the first family was arrested on Tuesday and the second family on Thursday. And that one of the mothers had less than a minute on the phone before the call was interrupted abruptly. Previously, her spouse had tried to provide the telephone number of a legal advisor.
“We as a nation are better than that”
According to ACLU, there are three US citizens between the ages of two, four and seven years among the children who have been deported together with their mothers. One of the children is a US citizen who suffers from a rare form of metastatic cancer. And which one has deported without medication and without consulting his treating doctors from the country. Although the ICE had been informed in advance about the child’s medical needs. The civil rights organization states that one of the mothers is pregnant. The ICE deported them without ensuring the continuation of pregnancy prevention or adequate medical care.
“Once again the government has refused their rights with misleading tactics. These outrageous actions must be convicted. We as a nation are better than that,” said Alanah Odoms, managing director of the ACLU of Louisiana. “These families earn better. They have to be brought back.”
Media reported in detail on the deportation of the two -year -old child on Friday evening. The responsible judge had previously ordered a hearing. And In a court decision written that the Trump government apparently “simply deported a US citizen without proper procedure”.
“These families lawfully adhered to the instructions of the ICE”
According to ACLU, the authorities have isolated both families at crucial moments when the health, security and the legal rights of the children concerned were decided. They could not advise themselves with their legal representatives. The written guidelines of the ICE provide that the care of minor children must be coordinated with willing caregivers during the detention.
“A government agency that requires and deported mothers in need of protection with their American children without proper procedures must be deleted. And must not be rewarded with an additional $ 45 billion in order to continue at the expense of taxpayers,” said P. Gonzalez, founding partner of Sanctuary of the South. “These families have legally adhered to the instructions of the ICE. And suffered a cruel and traumatic separation. If this is the work of the Trump government after only three months, we should all be afraid of what the next four years will bring.”
This is at least the second time that the Trump government has deported a child with cancer. Last month was a US citizen and 10 year olds Patient suffered from brain tumor with her parents without papers from Texas to Mexico.