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Democratic senators demanded Tuesday that the federal government un-deport hundreds of illegal immigrant parents, letting them back into the country to reunite with their children and make new asylum claims.
The parents were part of the families snared in the chaos surrounding President Trump’s zero tolerance border policy.
Nearly 400 of those parents who were deported with their children still here in the U.S. should be given the chance to come back, and then be released into the communities while they argue for permanent protections, the senators said.
“DHS should offer these parents an opportunity to return to the United States on a grant of humanitarian parole … to reunite with their child. Such reunited families in turn should be released into the community to pursue claims for asylum or other forms of protection for which they may be eligible,” wrote the senators, in a letter spearheaded by Sen. Kamala Harris, California Democrat.
Homeland Security dismissed the demand. --->Read the rest of the story HERE.
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