Posted on 05/03/2022 7:38:03 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Maria Hernandez spent countless hours in Honduras imagining a stable life in Los Angeles reunited with the two young daughters U.S immigration agents took from her at the border in 2017.
Instead, she and the children are living in a windowless homeless shelter a two-hour bus ride from the girls' schools, after a government program brought her to the United States earlier this year.
U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, came into office in January 2021 pledging to help families like Hernandez's that were broken up at the U.S.-Mexico border by former President Donald Trump's Republican administration. Biden formed a task force to reunite those who remained apart.
Of the 200 families the task force has so far reunited, including Hernandez and her daughters, around three-quarters have struggled with housing insecurity, according to previously unreported data collected by two groups that aid them, Together & Free and Seneca Family of Agencies.
Reuters was not able to independently verify the data.
Calling it a "moral imperative" to reunite the families, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department for Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement to Reuters that the government was working with the private sector to provide housing, when needed, and other resources, but added that funding was a challenge.
Other recently arrived migrants struggling with housing do not qualify for government support. But activists say the government has a duty to help settle families that were separated because they are suffering lasting trauma as a direct result of U.S. policies implemented by the previous administration.
The families are given temporary parole into the United States for three years, with the option to renew, and are permitted to work.
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Trump didn’t separate them. They separated themselves. They sent a toddler across the border expecting the toddler be an anchor to get them into America. They should be in jail for child abuse and endangerment.
Families dumped their kids.....then snuck in at another door and cried for their kids.
Not sorry.
Th3y wouldn’t be homeless if they had stayed home in their own country where they belong (unless trying for LEGAL immigration ) don’t like,the law of the US? Stay home!
Im all in favor of reuniting the families. Deport them all back together.
Ship them to Biden’s Gayhobeth beach Delaware. Silver Lake area where all the rich homos live in liberal la la land.
You guys are heartless. Maria Hernandez, separated by Trump, reunited by Biden, had a dream to come to the USA. Maria Hernandez, separated by Trump, reunited by Biden, should not have to suffer through housing insecurity. Maria Hernandez, separated by Trump, reunited by Biden, should have a home provided to her by US taxpayers, who may or may not have a home of their own. Having safe shelter is a human right for everyone, including Maria Hernandez, separated by Trump, reunited by Biden.
That’s all Reuters, Dances with Commies, is trying to say.
I don’t give a rats ass, break the law SUFFER.... GET THE “F” OUT!
In your heart you know you are lying.
Under US and Intl law, if you are seeking refuge — avoiding abuse in initial country, avoiding violence, etc— you must stop and declare/ask for refugee status in first “free” country you enter. If from anywhere other than Mexico or Canada, that means stop in M&C. Going on to the US — bugger off. You are a parasite.
Good, I hope the parasite IS suffering. I’m so sick of these people.
Complete bias in the headline.
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
The following list is not intended to be complete.
Alleged:
Biden's Child Slaves - The Real Reason Kids Are Shoveled Across The Border (4.27.22
Border agents performing fewer DNA tests to catch fake families under Biden (4.15.21)
DNA Tests at Border Reveal Many Cases of Deception by Illegal Immigrants (1.24.20)
ICE: 1,000 'False Families' Detected at Border Through DNA Tests (10.10.19)
New/Rapid DNA testing at border 'outs migrant' who claimed six-month-old baby was his child... (5.17.19)
Insights welcome.
Homeless illegal aliens. Who’d a thunk!?
If I steal something from the store, I'm not a "non-paying shopper", I'm a thief.
Doesn’t matter to me one bit if they’re families aren’t together. They took the risk of breaking our laws and up to them to have the responsibility for their kids - not us.
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