Officials of Immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) has approved the separation of families who were caught illegally crossing the border between USA and Mexico, The New York Times reported, citing its own sources familiar with the matter. This policy is supported by the White house, completes the publication.
In accordance with the new rules, families with children on the border can be separated. Adults (parents) will be placed in special detention centres (detention centres) where they will await deportation. And the children will be sent to shelters, where they will also be virtually in isolation, or to give a temporary sponsor can be a relative in the United States.
The new policy will be the fulfillment of the promise of the President to take stronger measures to stop illegal immigration in the United States, especially with young children.
Former Minister of national security John Kelly, who is now White house chief of staff, said earlier this year that the Department of homeland security is considering this policy as a means of preventing illegal immigration to the United States with their families. At the same time, Kelly explained that the aim of politics is not the separation of mothers from their children.
