Trump administration's 'secret shutdown' of immigration program discriminated against Latinos: Lawsu

Source: abc


Trump administration's 'secret shutdown' of immigration program discriminated against Latinos: Lawsuit


Jun 24, 2018, 7:58 AM ET



S.A. had been waiting decades to bring her daughter and now her grandson to the U.S., where she is a legal resident, from her native El Salvador, where she escaped violence and poverty.

Through a special immigration program, she was finally close to her dream.

In February 2017, she made a final payment of $2,500 to the U.S. for her family's flights. They were told by authorities they would be given final documentation and a plane ticket to travel in two weeks time -- but months went by, and nothing ever came.

Without notifying them, President Trump's administration had already frozen the program just days into his term, even as it solicited and collected thousands of dollars from S.A. and others like her who had been granted conditional approval, according to a new lawsuit that argues the administration broke the law and was driven by "racial animus against Latinos."

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The Central American Minors program, which reunited children and other eligible family members with parents legally residing in the U.S., was one of Trump's early targets as he sought to crack down on legal immigration. Designed during the Obama administration to avoid the scenes at the U.S.-Mexican border that have gripped the nation this week, its termination is now being blamed by some for worsening the migrant crisis and possibly sending more children north.

"Ending this did exacerbate the situation on the border ...........................

Lawyers also contend that the real reason was discrimination against Latinos...........................




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The Trump Adm. did NOT even tell them. Each day we find more cruelty from Trump.




PHOTO: Women yell slogans during a protest against U.S. immigration policies outside the U.S. embassy in Mexico City, Mexico, June 21, 2018.Gustavo Graf Maldonado/Reuters




PHOTO: Children take part in a protest against U.S. immigration policies outside the U.S. embassy in Mexico City on June 21, 2018.Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images