Trump Campaign Spokesperson Claims Parents of Children Separated at U.S. Border Do Not Want Them Back
Campaña de Trump dice que padres de niños inmigrantes no los quieren recuperar
NEW YORK (Independent) — The Trump campaign’s Communications Director has claimed that the reason some immigrant families separated at the U.S. border by the administration have not been reunited is because the parents do not want their children back.
Earlier this week, it was widely reported that the federal government has been unable to locate the parents of 545 children who were separated from the rest of their families after they crossed the U.S. border.
Lawyers have been unable to find the parents of the children, after the majority of families were deported back to Central America, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
A court filing from ACLU showed that they have only made contact with parents of 550 children out of the close to 1,000 families separated at the border in 2017, according to NBC News.
Speaking on CNN’s New Day, Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh said: “It’s a regrettable situation, certainly,” but claimed the problem is more complicated for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) than has been reported, according to Politico.
“The fact is it’s not as simple as you make it sound or Joe Biden made it sound on the stage to locate the parents who are in other countries,” Mr. Murtagh said.
“And when they do locate them, it has been DHS’ experience that in many cases the parents do not want the children returned,” he added.
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NUEVA YORK (Los Ángeles Times) — Tim Murtaugh, director de comunicaciones de la campaña del presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, aseguró que la reunificación de más de 500 niños inmigrantes separados de sus familias “no es tan simple” e indicó que, en muchos casos, son los padres quienes no quieren que sus hijos sean devueltos a sus países de origen.
“Ha sido la experiencia del DHS (Departamento de Seguridad Nacional) que, en muchos casos, los padres no quieren que los niños regresen”, declaró Murtaugh a la cadena CNN.
Un grupo de abogados designado por un tribunal federal para reunir a pequeños inmigrantes con sus familias admitió que no ha podido localizar a los padres de 545 niños separados a la fuerza de sus padres indocumentados entre 2017 y 2018.
El tema saltó al escenario del debate que sostuvieron la noche del jueves pasado Trump y el aspirante demócrata a la Casa Blanca, Joe Biden, quien tachó de “criminal” la política de separación de familias inmigrantes de la actual administración.
Trump aseguró que su Gobierno “trata muy bien” a los niños cuyos padres todavía no han localizado después de que se pusiera fin a la política de “Cero Tolerancia”.
