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Colleagues at a government-contracted shelter in Arizona had a specific request for Antar Davidson when three Brazilian migrant children arrived: “Tell them they can’t hug.” Davidson, 32, is of Brazilian descent and speaks Portuguese.
He said the siblings — ages 16, 10 and 6 — were distraught after being separated from their parents at the border.
The children were “huddled together, tears streaming down their faces,” he said.
Officials had told them their parents were “lost,” which they interpreted to mean dead. Davidson said he told the children he didn’t know where their parents were, but that they had to be strong. “The 16-year-old, he looks at me and says, ‘How?’” Davidson said.
As he watched the youth cry, he thought, “This is not healthy.”
Davidson quit this week after being a youth care worker at the Tucson shelter, Estrella del Norte, for just a few months.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-border-migrant-shelter-20180614-story.html
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“We see no communication that the parent knows that their child is to be taken away. Instead, the officers say, “I’m going to take your child to get bathed.” That’s one we see again and again.
“Your child needs to come with me for a bath.” The child goes off, and in a half an hour, twenty minutes, the parent inquires, “Where is my five-year-old?” “Where’s my seven-year-old?” “This is a long bath.” And they say, “You won’t be seeing your child again.”
Sometimes mothers—I was talking to one mother, and she said, “Don’t take my child away,” and the child started screaming and vomiting and crying hysterically, and she asked the officers, “Can I at least have five minutes to console her?” They said no.”
http://www.businessinsider.com/children-in-custody-trump-administration-immigration-zero-tolerance-policy-2018-5 https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/whats-really-happening-asylum-seeking-families-separated/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44503318
He said the siblings — ages 16, 10 and 6 — were distraught after being separated from their parents at the border.
The children were “huddled together, tears streaming down their faces,” he said.
Officials had told them their parents were “lost,” which they interpreted to mean dead. Davidson said he told the children he didn’t know where their parents were, but that they had to be strong. “The 16-year-old, he looks at me and says, ‘How?’” Davidson said.
As he watched the youth cry, he thought, “This is not healthy.”
Davidson quit this week after being a youth care worker at the Tucson shelter, Estrella del Norte, for just a few months.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-border-migrant-shelter-20180614-story.html
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“We see no communication that the parent knows that their child is to be taken away. Instead, the officers say, “I’m going to take your child to get bathed.” That’s one we see again and again.
“Your child needs to come with me for a bath.” The child goes off, and in a half an hour, twenty minutes, the parent inquires, “Where is my five-year-old?” “Where’s my seven-year-old?” “This is a long bath.” And they say, “You won’t be seeing your child again.”
Sometimes mothers—I was talking to one mother, and she said, “Don’t take my child away,” and the child started screaming and vomiting and crying hysterically, and she asked the officers, “Can I at least have five minutes to console her?” They said no.”
http://www.businessinsider.com/children-in-custody-trump-administration-immigration-zero-tolerance-policy-2018-5 https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/whats-really-happening-asylum-seeking-families-separated/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44503318
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