>>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED THEIR
PUNITIVE POLICY OF SEPARATING
FAMILIES IN APRIL.
BUT THEY ALREADY HAD BEEN TAKING
TENDER AGED CHILDREN FROM THEIR
PARENTS AT THE BORDER FOR
MONTHS.
MONTHS. ONE FAMILY A MOTHER AND FATHER
AND THEIR TWO KIDS AGED 4 AND 14
MONTHS FLED EL SALVADOR IN
NOVEMBER.
NOVEMBER. ONCE THEY GOT TO MEXICO, THE
4-YEAR-OLD STAYED BACK AS THE
FATHER CROSSED THE BORDER AND
PRESENTED HIMSELF TO IMMIGRATION
AUTHORITIES ASKING FOR ASYLUM.
THEY WERE DETAINED.
I.C.E. SEPARATED THEM AND IT
TOOK A WEEK FOR THE MOTHER TO
FIGURE OUT WHERE HER CHILD WAS.
THEN ANOTHER 2 1/2 MONTHS TO GET
HIM BACK.
HIM BACK. SHE SHARED HER EXPERIENCE.
AT HER FAMILY’S REQUEST BECAUSE
HER HUSBAND IS STILL IN U.S.
CUSTODY, WE ARE PROTECTING HER
IDENTITY.
IDENTITY. >>
>> [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> DO YOU EVER IMAGINE THAT ONCE
YOU GOT TO THE BORDER THAT YOU
MIGHT BE SEPARATED FROM YOUR
HUSBAND AND YOUR SON?
INTO NO.
INTO NO. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
>> HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO FINALLY GET REUNITED WITH YOUR
SON?
>> 85 DAYS. IT TOOK 85 DAYS FOR YOU TO
REUNITE WITH YOUR SON?
>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO FINALLY GET THIS LITTLE BOY BACK IN YOUR
ARMS?
>> WHAT WAS THAT FIRST NIGHT LIKE WHEN YOU GOT [ BLEEP ]
BACK?
>> AFTER BEING SEPARATED FROM HIM FOR SO LONG, DO YOU HOLD HIM
CLOSER NOW?