Immigrant Mothers Released From Holding Centers, but With Ankle Monitors
Carmen Garcia recently recounted the events of her family’s journey from El Salvador to the United States: assaults, robberies, abandonment by smugglers.
And then she and her 12-year-old son were taken into custody by federal officers in South Texas. After Ms. Garcia and her son spent a night on the floor of a holding facility, the authorities released them and allowed them to reunite with another son in New York as long as they showed up at a local immigration office.
The two reported as instructed this month to a building in Manhattan where a tracking device was affixed to Ms. Garcia’s ankle, a measure meant to ensure that she would not disappear as she and her son face deportation proceedings.
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/30/nyregion/immigrant-mothers-released-from-holding-centers-but-with-ankle-monitors.htm
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