Immigrant Advocates Urge Biden To Rectify The Trauma Of Family Separation

Posted by: Kyeyune Andrew Jonathan in world news December 16, 2020

For years now, immigrant advocacy groups scrambled to identify and reunite families separated at the US-Mexico border. They are currently preparing for the incoming administration and steps to rectify the trauma experienced by parents and children.

In the past week, these groups met with president-elect Joe Biden’s transition team. The reason for the meeting was to talk about family separations and the next steps to bring these families back together. Biden’s pick to head the Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, has also met with immigration leaders.

The immigrant advocacy groups also hope that Biden’s administration can work toward restoring trust with families who have lost trust in the US. The government took many of these families’ children from them on charges of illegal settlement in the US.

‘’It’s going to take a long time for families to trust the government. Especially if they’re not seeing action.’’ Cathleen Caron, the executive director at Justice in Motion said.

A list of recommendations was put together by the advocates on how the government can work to rectify the consequences of family separations. They will also help address the situation in a thoughtful and holistic manner, according to Conchita Cruz.

One of the first expectations of the new administration is using the available information to locate families. The groups, however, stressed that on top of finding families, the new administration should focus more on making amends and rectifying the damage done.

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