Catalina sales from Guatemala faced an incredibly difficult choice: to return home with her son if she is deported, or leave it to US that he independently applied for asylum and was able to start a new life here.
Two months later, Catalina and her 14-year-old son, Yaser’t seen each other after their separation on the border by the border guard service of the United States. Finally, on 25 July, they met. However, the mother and son stayed as long as they would like. In 2 hours Yesera sent back to an institution in Florida.
As it became known to Reuters, Catalina sales, may 30, illegally crossing with the son of the U.S. border, signed a refusal to return to Guatemala with her son.
«He told me that he wants to stay, he didn’t want to go back, but would like to stay with me… — the woman told Reuters in an interview. The simple truth is that he wants a better life.»
Catarina Miguel, aunt Yeser living in Florida, preparing the room for his nephew. Source: twitter
According to the Executive Committee for immigration Affairs, the guy will be more likely to stay in the States legally. First, many immigration advocates provide free assistance to children who are not supervised. Secondly, over the last 3 years 40% of these children from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras received permission to stay in the US (compared to 19% of children from these countries who were together with parents), Reuters reports.
31 July, the representative ICE Matthew Albans said at a hearing in Congress, that many parents don’t want their children to be deported along with them.
«The main reason most of them came here, is to bring their children to the United States,» and many of them have spent in order to do this, all their savings.
Yesterday, August 16, a Federal judge from San Diego was Given, Sabraw suspended the deportation of illegal immigrants, signed the deportation waiver children with them. According to the judge, this document was not created in order to «inform parents of their right of children to shelter.»
