Trump’s Deportation Plan Could Bring Back Family Separations

By Billal Rahman and Dan Gooding

Former President Donald Trump ‘s proposed mass deportation plan could lead to a return of widespread family separations, with an estimated one in three Latinos at risk of being targeted, according to an immigration and criminal justice advocacy group.

Latino leaders warned Tuesday that the hardline policy would result in families “being ripped apart,” raising concerns about the human impact and social consequences of such an extensive crackdown on undocumented immigrants .

Nearly 20 million people could be directly affected by the former president’s policy , either through their own deportation or separation from immediate family members, FWD.us found.A smaller scale family-separation policy was abandoned by the first Trump administration in the face of a overwhelming public outcry.”Maybe there are children who have a really good friend who is an immigrant who, because of Donald Trump’s promise, risks being deported,” Democratic California Senator Alex Padilla told reporters Tuesday.”We’re talking about the teachers who teach our children being impacted by this, so many undocumented members of the workforce, small business owners whose livelihoods depend on the patronage of a lot of immigrants both documented and undocumented.” Left: Sofia Roca, […]

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