Jul
31
Immigrant families in the US are concerned at the number of recent crackdowns and deportations of illegal immigrants, fearing their families may be split up.
According to US law, any child born in the US is automatically a US citizen, which results in families that consist of legal as well as illegal immigrants. Often when illegal immigrants are deported to their country of origin, their children are left behind.
Executive director of the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center in Miami Cheryl Little says, “We’ve taken lots of statements from mothers and fathers about what happens when there’s a knock on the door in the wee hours in the morning and their lives are turned upside down. It’s heartbreaking.”