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At least three Brazilians are waiting to meet their minor children sent to Chicago shelters, says Jeffrey Bless' lawyer of Jeff Goldman's Immigration office.
He represented the Brazilian Lídia Karine Souza, separated from the son Diogo. , 9, entering the United States through the border with Mexico at the end of May.
Bless said that one of the cases, of a Brazilian identified only as Shirley, must be resolved this afternoon (29), we expect that it found the child – he did not give more details about the situation of both.
The lawyer said that the US government has adopted the practice of grouping children by nationality in detention centers on the border with Mexico. Thus, the children of Brazilians would be sent to Chicago. "I have many Brazilian clients in Mbadachusetts [estado na costa leste] whose children are in Chicago.They transfer Brazilian children from Texas to Chicago."
For him, the separation of mothers and children is worrying. "No one doubts that these women are good mothers, they are good and take care of their children, and no one also doubts that they are fleeing Brazil because they are going through a dangerous situation," he said. -he says. "Why Separate Mothers and Children? I think we now know it was a mistake."
Bless says she learned about Lídia's case from an employee who works in her office, Luana, who was born in Brazil, but has US citizenship. Lídia's mother and friends exchanged messages on WhatsApp to find out how she could find Diogo, which she had not seen since May 30th.
On June 18, he came to represent the Brazilian. "I was more concerned about her entering the United States because we did not know what kinds of restrictions they would put in. We thought first that Lydia and Diogo would reunite, once we knew that they were going to be there. he was in Chicago, would not be difficult. "
For Bless, it would be a matter of paperwork, paperwork, until Diogo was returned to Lydia
On Wednesday, however, the judicial authorities stated that they had to check the history of the people with whom Lydia lives in Boston, and that it would take 30 days. "It was when I got really involved, and I thought things were going very badly."
Lydia played with Diogo at the Mexican border on May 28 in search of an asylum. According to the lawyer, she faces risks in Brazil
The Brazilian was approved in this first interview, which indicated, according to the lawyer, that she met the conditions necessary to apply for # 39; asylum. However, on May 30, she was charged with attempting to illegally enter the United States
Lydia and Diogo were separated. She went through three detention centers until she was released on June 8th. He was sent to a shelter in Chicago
Since then, Lydia was trying to find out where Diogo was, since the phone number they had given her to contact her son was not working.
The two were only able to meet on Thursday (28), when a judge ordered the boy's immediate release. The reunion, he says, was exciting. "Lydia did not come for easy money, she got support from Brazil and she will work here, she was trying to protect her son."
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