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"They are completely cut off from the outside world," she said. "And the officials say that they are free."
In some cases, parents who recovered their children were dismayed by what they found. At McAllen, Texas, a migrant mother who identified herself only as 23-year-old Roxana was waiting to leave with her nine-year-old son Eduardo, who had just been returned to him after being detained At New York. Roxana said, "They made him sick, beaten, and traumatized."
Last-minute logistical planning to meet the deadline seemed to have resulted in some errors. Some children were sent to poor facilities, according to a government official who requested anonymity because they were not allowed to discuss reunification efforts.
On Tuesday, two brothers and sisters, 9 and 14, were abruptly taken away. York could be reunited with his mother in the southwest – but the mother may have already been deported, according to children's lawyer, Priya Konings. On Wednesday, a social worker was in "panic mode" trying to resolve the situation.
The hours and days that followed reunification came with their own challenges, largely absorbed by aid groups put to use by the government to provide emergency shelter. and food, as well as transportation. Although it is not common for the government to support migrants once they have been released from federal custody, the separation policy has removed many families from the border, where a network of shelters and shelters Voluntary organizations have traditionally provided support.
Bernard, spokesman for the Lutheran Service of Immigration and Refugees, one of the two organizations working with the government on family reunification, said his group also felt the lack of time from the order of the court.
Bernard indicated that the two coordinating offices of the organization in Arizona and New Mexico had only a few days to prepare to receive about 300 families each – or at least 1200 people in total.
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