Exclusive: Listen to separated moms beg for their kids in court

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Source: cnn




Updated 9:33 PM ET, Tue July 24, 2018


Hear: Immigrant moms plead with judge for kids

Hear: Immigrant moms plead with judge for kids 03:57

Washington (CNN)Newly obtained audio reveals the anguish of parents separated from their children, as it pours from them in immigration court while a judge finds them ineligible to stay in the United States.

In recordings of two court proceedings obtained by CNN, two women who have been separated from their children plead with an immigration judge to reunite them, as he asks them if they have any evidence to back up their asylum claims.

Their attorneys also ask the judge to give them another chance to make their cases, citing their mental health after the prolonged separation from their children.

In both cases, however, the judge denies the requests, and orders the women deported from the country. Both women were told they could speak with their deportation officer about being reunited with their children. CNN has received permission from the women to share the audio of their hearings, but is not identifying them for their protection....................................

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/24/politics/exclusive-audio-separated-parents-in-court/index.html

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Migrant women remain in legal limbo while waiting to see their children

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[lark]

1. Asshole racist hater judge - must have been appointed by drumpf.

I just can't take this level of meanness and hate and the constant outright premeditated lie, along with the minute by minute lies of convenience. There is no truth, no humanity in this entire administration, just lies and thieving and hurting the poo & working class, especially those who are minorities! This is wht it's like before the mid-terms, if repugs hold on to both houses through russian election hijacking we (and the liberal democratic world) are so fucked.