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Wed Jun 20, 2018, 03:11 AM Jun 2018

Border Patrol ripped girl with Down's syndrome away from her mom -- and now she's lost

Tana Ganeva 19 JUN 2018 AT 15:34 ET

Joining a chorus of critics as diverse as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and former First Ladies Laura Bush, Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray denounced President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, which has resulted in 2,000 kids being forcibly separated from their families — including a little girl with Down’s syndrome whose father is a legal U.S. resident.

Videgaray, who’d recently spoken to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, cited the case of a ten-year-old girl with Down’s syndrome. She was split from her mother and brother when the family tried to enter the country and they were sent to different holding facilities. The girl’s father is a legal U.S. resident and the government of Mexico is working to reunite them, the Journal reports.

“This situation is unacceptable,” Videgaray said and called on the international community to act.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/border-patrol-ripped-girl-downs-syndrome-away-mom-now-shes-lost/

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