Yesterday we represented a mom & her toddler during an intrvw where she begged a @USCIS officer not to send her back to MX. During the 4 hr phone intvw, our client recounted two recent kidnapping attempts and said she lives in constant fear for their lives. #RestoreAsylumNOW
Throughout the interview you could hear her toddler, at times crying and sometimes talking, trying to get his mom’s attention. Our client bravely did her best to console, comfort, and entertain her baby while also carefully answering the officer’s adversarial questions.
At one point during the 4 hr phone interview, the child’s crying got louder and it was hard to hear mom’s responses to the officer’s questions. The Officer asked her to please quiet the child, and she said, “it’s really difficult to comfort him because I’m handcuffed.”
Her baby got sick several hours into the interview, & mom asked a @CBP officer to bring her to the bathroom. During the last hour she had to stop 4-5 times because her toddler had diarrhea. Each time she would have to ask to have her handcuffs removed so she could help the baby.
Can you imagine being a young mom begging for your life while in handcuffs trying to comfort your sick baby?
It is horrific.
And so is the fact that 24 hours after this ordeal, mom and baby were once again forced back to the streets of Mexico.
#RestoreAsylumNOW #EndMPP
It is horrific.
And so is the fact that 24 hours after this ordeal, mom and baby were once again forced back to the streets of Mexico.
#RestoreAsylumNOW #EndMPP
