A mom who was arrested as part of the mass raid in Mississippi has been separated from her 4-month-old breastfeeding infant.
We’ve all heard the heartbreaking stories about families being separated at the border and the horrific conditions in the already overcrowded detention centers across the U.S. With the mass raid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers atearlier this month resulting in 680 people being taken into custody, one story is emerging about a mom that was arrested leaving at home a four-month-old-baby who was still breastfeeding.
The mom, who was arrested at Koch Foods where she’d been working for four years, is currently being held in a Louisiana facility, away from her infant and two other children. Her husband is taking care of them while working and waiting to hear whether his wife will be deported. He, too, faces deportation from an earlier arrest but his hearing isn’t until 2021,The baby girl had been breastfeeding up until her mother’s arrest, creating just one more gut-wrenching effect from her detainment.
This latest raid again exposed the major gaps in ICE procedures when it comes to handling children and the repercussions the arrests have on the kids, many of whom are American citizens , at home. The surprise raid left many waiting at schools, daycares, and after-school activities with no one to pick them up.from school, missing students, yet another outcome of their parents being taken from them with no notice as their worlds were turned upside down in the blink of an eye.
. “It has been tough for our teachers and all of our administrators. We love our kids. They are our kids. When you see kids hurting, you hurt, like when it’s your own children at home.”
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