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El enfoque de Melara son casos cerca de su hogar en Honduras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Día uno\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Son las 5 de la mañana y Melara inicia su viaje junto un colega que suele acompañarla durante estas búsquedas. El destino de hoy es un pueblo en las montañas cerca de la frontera con Guatemala. En un día agradable, el viaje podría durar cuatro horas. Pero hoy está lloviendo y hace frío. El tráfico se está amontonando ya que todos a esta hora van a trabajo. Esto podría alargar el viaje.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esta es la segunda vez que Melara hace este viaje en los últimos cuatro meses. Desde 2019, ella ha realizado decenas de búsquedas, y muchas de ellas son exitosas. Dice que lo que la motiva es el daño que han sufrido quienes viajaron a Estados Unidos para solicitar asilo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859456\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11859456\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-5-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-5-1.jpeg 720w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-5-1-160x284.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dora Melara llega a una gasolinería durante su búsqueda para recargar el tanque de su carro. \u003ccite>(Cortesía de Dora Melara)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Son personas que fueron humilladas, quienes vieron como sus derechos fueron violados”, dijo Melara. “Tienen la oportunidad de recibir justicia por todo lo que han experimentado”, agregó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ella también es una madre. Este trabajo la impacta profundamente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cada entrevista que hago y cada historia que cuentan los padres me entristece y me conmueve”, dijo Melara. “Como padres, queremos proteger a nuestros hijos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El gobierno de Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.univision.com/noticias/inmigracion/el-gobierno-de-trump-separo-casi-2-000-ninos-de-sus-padres-en-la-frontera\">separó a más de 5 mil 500 niños de sus padres\u003c/a>. Y pese a que la mayoría de los padres ya han sido localizados, aún se desconoce el último paradero de cientos de padres. Esto se debe a que el gobierno de Trump no guardó récord de dónde fueron los padres. Y la base de datos con información para contactar a los padres no está actualizada y hasta veces está incompleta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando Melara comienza una búsqueda, ella normalmente cuenta con muy poca información, un nombre, apellido y quizás una dirección. Resulta a menudo que una familia se ha mudado o que los datos que ella tiene son incorrectos. También busca en documentos gubernamentales y las redes sociales por más información pero no siempre encuentra lo que necesita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En cambio, tiene que confiar en la bondad de los desconocidos, como parientes del padre o los vecinos, para que sepa a dónde ir. Pero para recibir esta información, tiene que ganarse la confianza de estas personas a través de estos viajes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por eso Melara maneja por largas distancias con la más mínima esperanza de encontrar a un padre, pese a todos los retos, los cuales sobran. Ha seguido realizando búsquedas a lo largo de la pandemia. Pero un toque de queda ordenado por el gobierno impidió que viajara. Fue hasta agosto que pudo reanudar sus búsquedas en persona pero aún persiste el miedo del coronavirus, el cual le complica desarrollar una conexión con estas personas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y luego en noviembre, dos huracanes mortales, Eta e Iota, azotaron a Honduras, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-55479861\">desplazando a más de 150 mil personas\u003c/a> y cobrando la vida de cientos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La devastación causada por los huracanes ha afectado a Melara directamente. Las inundaciones llegaron a su casa en San Pedro Sula y a pesar de que su hogar no fue destruido, casi todo lo que estaba adentro lo fue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No se puede entrar a la casa ahora, está llena de lodo”, ella explicó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Desde entonces, ella se ha quedado con sus parientes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tan sólo han pasado dos horas desde que comenzó su viaje pero Melara ya ha visto cuatro deslaves de rocas\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hay avisos a lado de la carretera que dicen que los caminos han sido afectados y que debemos de manejar con mucho cuidado”, dijo ella. “Estos son letreros improvisados que la misma gente puso aquí”, agregó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tienen que frenar a menudo para evitar los grandes baches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859460\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11859460\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-6-1-800x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-6-1-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-6-1-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-6-1-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-6-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uno de los numerosos deslaves de rocas que Melara tuvo que evitar en su viaje. Estos fueron causados en parte por los huracanes que devastaron partes de Honduras en 2020. \u003ccite>(Cortesía de Dora Melara)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alrededor del mediodía, llegan al primer pueblo. Melara quiere que esta sea una visita rápida ya que la combinación del mal tiempo y las carreteras deterioradas causan que conducir después de que oscurezca sea algo peligroso.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Un \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/es/world-report/2021/country-chapters/377435#\">reporte\u003c/a> publicado por la organización ‘Human Rights Watch’ en 2021 reveló que el crimen organizado “sigue alterando a la sociedad hondureña” y ha causado que muchos intenten huir del país. Según un\u003ca href=\"https://reliefweb.int/report/honduras/informe-del-alto-comisionado-de-las-naciones-unidas-para-los-derechos-humanos-sobre\"> reporte especial de las Naciones Unidas\u003c/a> publicado en 2019, los abogados y defensores de los derechos humanos son algunas de las personas que corren más riesgo de sufrir violencia, y la gran mayoría “no tienen acceso a un ambiente seguro y alentador”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consciente que pronto se hará de noche, Melara se reúne con los líderes de la comunidad. Les comparte el nombre completo del padre y explica por qué lo está buscando. Ellos le responden que la única persona que conocen con ese apellido vive en otro pueblo, a 40 minutos de distancia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, no tiene una dirección ni tampoco un contacto en el otro pueblo. Aún así, viaja a ese pueblo y busca a los líderes locales, quienes le dicen que mejor busque en otra aldea, esta vez a dos horas de distancia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero ya está bajando el sol y ha comenzado a llover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tendremos que pasar la noche aquí”, dijo Melara y explicó que “la lluvia no va parar y no se puede ver bien por la neblina. El camino no es seguro y hay partes que fueron destruidas por los huracanes”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por ahora no hay nada más que hacer pero dormir y esperar hasta mañana para quizás tener mejor suerte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>¿Tiene algo que quiera compartir con nosotros? Encuéntrenos en Instagram como \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kqedenespanol/\">@kqedenespanol.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>Día dos\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Melara se despierta temprano y sale del hotel para retomar su camino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Llega al siguiente pueblo, el tercero que visita en tan sólo dos días y busca a los líderes de la comunidad para explicarles cuál es su misión.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esta vez, habrá más suerte. Al parecer, alguien sabe dónde vive el padre que busca.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“¡Tenemos una dirección!”, dijo Melara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero el tramo final de la carretera que deben cruzar está muy empinado y si eso no fuera poco, también está cubierto de lodo. Melara decide que lo mejor será que deje atrás el automóvil y se vaya en pie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando llega a la cima de la colina, encuentra unas cuantas casas pequeñas. Un niño corre a saludarla. Pregunta qué está haciendo Melara acá y ella le explica.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finalmente, después de dos días de búsqueda, un hombre sale de una de las casas. Es el padre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859462\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11859462\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-10-1-800x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-10-1-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-10-1-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-10-1-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-10-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melara enfrenta niebla y lluvia intensa a lo largo de su viaje, lo que hace aún más peligroso conducir por las carreteras que ya están dañadas. \u003ccite>(Cortesía de Dora Melara)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Lo que se pierde, se encuentra\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Al principio, el padre está sorprendido al ver a Melara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No se imaginaba que lo estábamos buscando”, dijo ella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Dora Melara, abogada\"]‘Hay padres que me han dicho, ‘Sentí el deseo de morir. Sentí el deseo de no querer regresar a mi tierra. Sentía vergüenza al ver a mi esposa y saber que llevé a mi hijo y regresé sin él.’[/pullquote]Luego de oír la razón de Melara, el hombre se relaja y la invita a que se siente. Ella le pregunta si sabe dónde está su hijo y si ha podido contactarlo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tiene una idea de dónde está su hijo pero no ha entrado en contacto con él”, dijo Melara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Señala que esto no es algo fuera de lo común. Los padres quizás no tienen acceso a un teléfono o quizás tienen que caminar por largas distancias para poder conectarse a una señal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melara y el padre terminan hablando por más de una hora. Ella escucha su historia, hablan sobre su hijo e intercambian información. Ella espera que se mantengan en contacto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unos días después, Melara reflexiona sobre lo que le han dicho algunos padres sobre cómo se sienten de haber sido separados de sus hijos al intentar entrar a Estados Unidos. Dice que algunos sienten vergüenza. Otros no quieren regresar a casa ya que tendrían que enfrentar a sus familias y explicarles que perdieron a sus hijos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hay padres que me han dicho, ‘Sentí el deseo de morir. Sentí el deseo de no querer regresar a mi tierra. Sentía vergüenza al ver a mi esposa y saber que llevé a mi hijo y regresé sin él. ¿Qué diría mi esposa?'”, ella explicó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aunque sabe que no puede cambiar algo inmediatamente, Melara afirma que estas reuniones con los padres, donde escucha todo lo que tienen que decir, pueden tener un gran impacto. Ella dice que cuando los padres se dan cuenta de que alguien más quiere lo mejor para su familia y reconoce por todo lo que han pasado, les da un poco de esperanza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ya no se sienten tan solos”, dijo ella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11858657\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11858657\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-8-800x599.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-8-800x599.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-8-1020x763.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-8-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-8-1044x783.jpeg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-8-632x474.jpeg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-8-536x402.jpeg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-8.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">La iglesia que se encuentra en una de las áreas que Dora Melada busca por el padre (Cortesía de Dora Melara) \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Dora Melara)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>‘Me necesita con él’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Un padre le dijo a los abogados de \u003cem>Justice in Motion \u003c/em>que cuando lo encontraron lo tomó por sorpresa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Este hombre, a quien se mantendrá anónimo por su seguridad, huyó a los Estados Unidos en abril del 2018, buscando asilo junto con su hijo de 5 años. Pandillas en el área habían asesinado a una persona cercana a él y lo estaban buscando.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Huí] por miedo”, dijo por medio del intérprete. “Tenía mucho miedo porque ellos mataron a mi primo, él era como mi hermano y amigo. Así que no quería que eso nos pasara a nosotros”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Historias relacionadas' tag='inmigracion, inmigrantes']Cuando él cruzó para los Estados Unidos, agentes fronterizos los llevaron a él y a su hijo a la hielera, una habitación fría donde muchas veces las personas que buscan asilo son detenidas. Él dijo que los agentes fronterizos le dijeron que los llevaría a la corte y que lo más seguro es que fuera a ser deportado, pero su hijo se quedaría con ellos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Le pregunté ‘Por favor, depórteme con mi hijo’. El agente dijo, ‘No, tu hijo se quedará en este país y tu vas a ser deportado’,” dijo él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El gente le dijo a él que su hijo sería enviado con su hermana, donde ellos planeaban quedarse, pero él no podría acompañarlos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su hijo fue separado de él mientras estaban en la corte. El padre dice que nunca tuvo la oportunidad de decirle adiós. Fuero 20 días después que se enteró donde estaba su hijo, y no fue hasta que fue deportado a Centroamérica que pudo ponerse en contacto con él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahora, su hijo tiene 7 años. Él dijo que cuando hablan por teléfono, su hijo seguido le pregunta por qué él no está con él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>‘Me extraña mucho”, dijo él. “Cuando habla conmigo siempre me está preguntado cuándo voy a ir con él y me ha dicho que son un mal padre porque lo abandoné en EEUU”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y en ocasiones, el padre piensa lo mismo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A pesar que el gobierno estadounidense es responsable por la manera en que fueron separados, y que él hizo todo lo posible para prevenirlo, él todavía siente que fue su culpa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Para ser honestos, sentí y a veces todavía siento que fallé como padre”, dijo él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Él intentó de acostumbrarse a su nueva vida con el dolor de su pérdida.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fue entonces, hace poco más de un año, que un abogado le llamó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No estaba esperando nada. De verdad no sabía qué estaba pasando”, dijo él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El abogado le explicó con quién estaban trabajando y sus opciones posibles. Ellos le ayudaron a ponerse en contacto con Justice in Motion y Melara, quien ha estado trabajando en su caso.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fue muy emocionante conocerla porque, de verdad, son pocas las personas que están ayudando. Estoy muy agradecido por ella”, dijo él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fue por esto que él se pudo contactar con \u003ca href=\"https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/jobs/item.9742-Staff_Attorney_Al_Otro_Lado#:~:text=Al%20Otro%20Lado%20is%20a,violate%20the%20rights%20of%20migrants.&text=Current%20litigation%20includes%20Al%20Otro%20Lado%20v.\">Al Otro Lado\u003c/a>, una organización de abogacía binacional en California, que actualmente está ayudándole a obtener asilo. Mientras espera, él se está escondiendo en Centroamérica.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El pasado martes, Biden firmó una orden ejecutiva creando un equipo que se encargue de resolver algunos de los problemas causados por la separación de familias.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero defensores dicen que la orden \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-effort-reunite-migrant-families-separated-under-trump-not-enough-n1256495\">no es suficiente\u003c/a>. La orden se enfoca principalmente en reunir a familias que aún están separadas. Pero no específica qué se hará para ayudar a los padres que fueron obligados a escoger ser deportados con sus hijos en lugar de ser separados, o a aquellos que encontraron la manera de reunirse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Este equipo debe de ser expandido para ayudar a todas las familias afectadas, incluidas aquellas que sus hijos regresaron a su país de origen”, dijo Cathleen Carob, fundadora y directora ejecutiva de \u003cem>Justice in Motion\u003c/em>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.justiceinmotion.org/pressstatement-2-2-21\">en una declaración\u003c/a>. “Ellos han sido afectados de manera inimaginable e incluso después de ser reunificados, el trauma y miedo se queda. Solo permitiendo que estas familias regresen a los Estados Unidos y otorgándoles estatus legal puede garantizar su seguridad y habilidad de obtener recursos que necesitan para recuperarse del trauma”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La orden no garantiza ningún estatus legal para aquellos afectados o asegura servicios sociales serán distribuidos, pero recomienda que el equipo discuta estos temas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conforme al caso del padre que Melara estaba trabajando—el problema del estatus legal es inminente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melissa Flores, encargada de comunicaciones de Al Otro Lado, dijo que sin tener la garantía de asilo, hay una posibilidad que la petición del padre sea negada otra vez, “resultando en una experiencia doblemente traumática debido a la multiple separación de su hijo”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>De todas maneras, el padre dijo que tiene esperanza en el futuro—con la ayuda que recibe de Al Otro Lado y otros—él siente que el volver a reunirse sigue siendo posible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Espero poderme reunir con mi hijo porque el aún es muy pequeño y me necesita con él”, dijo él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Monica Campbell de The World contribuyó a este reportaje. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Una coalición de grupos defensores de niños e inmigrantes ofrece números internacionales gratuitos para los padres que fueron separadas de sus niños mientras solicitaban amparo en la frontera sur de EE.UU. entre 2017 y 2018. \u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Si usted o alguien que conoce busca reunirse con su hijo o hija, puede llamar a la línea de 1-888-582-2853 de los EE.UU. para hablar con una organización que pueda brindarle más información.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Trabajan junto con la Unión estadounidense por las libertades civiles (o ACLU por sus siglas en inglés) y otras organizaciones defensoras de inmigrantes como parte de una \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/ms-l-v-ice-complaint\">demanda colectiva\u003c/a> presentada en contra el gobierno del expresidente Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hasta ahora, han sido unas cuantas organizaciones sin fines de lucro y redes de abogados que realizan gran parte de la labor de localizar a las familias, en especial en Honduras y Guatemala, países donde provienen gran parte de las familias separadas por la administración de Trump.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A principios de febrero, el presidente Joe Biden firmó una orden ejecutiva que establece un \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11858316/biden-signs-immigration-executive-orders-establishes-task-force-to-reunite-separated-families\">equipo de trabajo\u003c/a> que tiene como objetivo reunir a las familias separadas por el gobierno anterior.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El equipo de trabajo aún no ha comenzado a ejercer sus funciones entonces por ahora, le toca a gente como Melara hacer estos viajes en busca de gente que fue separada de sus hijos pero que nunca recibieron ayuda del gobierno de Trump para encontrarlos. El enfoque de Melara son casos cerca de su hogar en Honduras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Día uno\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Son las 5 de la mañana y Melara inicia su viaje junto un colega que suele acompañarla durante estas búsquedas. El destino de hoy es un pueblo en las montañas cerca de la frontera con Guatemala. En un día agradable, el viaje podría durar cuatro horas. Pero hoy está lloviendo y hace frío. El tráfico se está amontonando ya que todos a esta hora van a trabajo. Esto podría alargar el viaje.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esta es la segunda vez que Melara hace este viaje en los últimos cuatro meses. Desde 2019, ella ha realizado decenas de búsquedas, y muchas de ellas son exitosas. Dice que lo que la motiva es el daño que han sufrido quienes viajaron a Estados Unidos para solicitar asilo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859456\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11859456\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-5-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-5-1.jpeg 720w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-5-1-160x284.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dora Melara llega a una gasolinería durante su búsqueda para recargar el tanque de su carro. \u003ccite>(Cortesía de Dora Melara)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Son personas que fueron humilladas, quienes vieron como sus derechos fueron violados”, dijo Melara. “Tienen la oportunidad de recibir justicia por todo lo que han experimentado”, agregó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ella también es una madre. Este trabajo la impacta profundamente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Cada entrevista que hago y cada historia que cuentan los padres me entristece y me conmueve”, dijo Melara. “Como padres, queremos proteger a nuestros hijos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El gobierno de Trump \u003ca href=\"https://www.univision.com/noticias/inmigracion/el-gobierno-de-trump-separo-casi-2-000-ninos-de-sus-padres-en-la-frontera\">separó a más de 5 mil 500 niños de sus padres\u003c/a>. Y pese a que la mayoría de los padres ya han sido localizados, aún se desconoce el último paradero de cientos de padres. Esto se debe a que el gobierno de Trump no guardó récord de dónde fueron los padres. Y la base de datos con información para contactar a los padres no está actualizada y hasta veces está incompleta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando Melara comienza una búsqueda, ella normalmente cuenta con muy poca información, un nombre, apellido y quizás una dirección. Resulta a menudo que una familia se ha mudado o que los datos que ella tiene son incorrectos. También busca en documentos gubernamentales y las redes sociales por más información pero no siempre encuentra lo que necesita.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En cambio, tiene que confiar en la bondad de los desconocidos, como parientes del padre o los vecinos, para que sepa a dónde ir. Pero para recibir esta información, tiene que ganarse la confianza de estas personas a través de estos viajes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por eso Melara maneja por largas distancias con la más mínima esperanza de encontrar a un padre, pese a todos los retos, los cuales sobran. Ha seguido realizando búsquedas a lo largo de la pandemia. Pero un toque de queda ordenado por el gobierno impidió que viajara. Fue hasta agosto que pudo reanudar sus búsquedas en persona pero aún persiste el miedo del coronavirus, el cual le complica desarrollar una conexión con estas personas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y luego en noviembre, dos huracanes mortales, Eta e Iota, azotaron a Honduras, \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-55479861\">desplazando a más de 150 mil personas\u003c/a> y cobrando la vida de cientos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La devastación causada por los huracanes ha afectado a Melara directamente. Las inundaciones llegaron a su casa en San Pedro Sula y a pesar de que su hogar no fue destruido, casi todo lo que estaba adentro lo fue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No se puede entrar a la casa ahora, está llena de lodo”, ella explicó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Desde entonces, ella se ha quedado con sus parientes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tan sólo han pasado dos horas desde que comenzó su viaje pero Melara ya ha visto cuatro deslaves de rocas\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hay avisos a lado de la carretera que dicen que los caminos han sido afectados y que debemos de manejar con mucho cuidado”, dijo ella. “Estos son letreros improvisados que la misma gente puso aquí”, agregó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tienen que frenar a menudo para evitar los grandes baches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859460\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11859460\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-6-1-800x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-6-1-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-6-1-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-6-1-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-6-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uno de los numerosos deslaves de rocas que Melara tuvo que evitar en su viaje. Estos fueron causados en parte por los huracanes que devastaron partes de Honduras en 2020. \u003ccite>(Cortesía de Dora Melara)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Alrededor del mediodía, llegan al primer pueblo. Melara quiere que esta sea una visita rápida ya que la combinación del mal tiempo y las carreteras deterioradas causan que conducir después de que oscurezca sea algo peligroso.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Un \u003ca href=\"https://www.hrw.org/es/world-report/2021/country-chapters/377435#\">reporte\u003c/a> publicado por la organización ‘Human Rights Watch’ en 2021 reveló que el crimen organizado “sigue alterando a la sociedad hondureña” y ha causado que muchos intenten huir del país. Según un\u003ca href=\"https://reliefweb.int/report/honduras/informe-del-alto-comisionado-de-las-naciones-unidas-para-los-derechos-humanos-sobre\"> reporte especial de las Naciones Unidas\u003c/a> publicado en 2019, los abogados y defensores de los derechos humanos son algunas de las personas que corren más riesgo de sufrir violencia, y la gran mayoría “no tienen acceso a un ambiente seguro y alentador”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Consciente que pronto se hará de noche, Melara se reúne con los líderes de la comunidad. Les comparte el nombre completo del padre y explica por qué lo está buscando. Ellos le responden que la única persona que conocen con ese apellido vive en otro pueblo, a 40 minutos de distancia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, no tiene una dirección ni tampoco un contacto en el otro pueblo. Aún así, viaja a ese pueblo y busca a los líderes locales, quienes le dicen que mejor busque en otra aldea, esta vez a dos horas de distancia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero ya está bajando el sol y ha comenzado a llover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tendremos que pasar la noche aquí”, dijo Melara y explicó que “la lluvia no va parar y no se puede ver bien por la neblina. El camino no es seguro y hay partes que fueron destruidas por los huracanes”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por ahora no hay nada más que hacer pero dormir y esperar hasta mañana para quizás tener mejor suerte.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>¿Tiene algo que quiera compartir con nosotros? Encuéntrenos en Instagram como \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kqedenespanol/\">@kqedenespanol.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>Día dos\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Melara se despierta temprano y sale del hotel para retomar su camino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Llega al siguiente pueblo, el tercero que visita en tan sólo dos días y busca a los líderes de la comunidad para explicarles cuál es su misión.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esta vez, habrá más suerte. Al parecer, alguien sabe dónde vive el padre que busca.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“¡Tenemos una dirección!”, dijo Melara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero el tramo final de la carretera que deben cruzar está muy empinado y si eso no fuera poco, también está cubierto de lodo. Melara decide que lo mejor será que deje atrás el automóvil y se vaya en pie.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando llega a la cima de la colina, encuentra unas cuantas casas pequeñas. Un niño corre a saludarla. Pregunta qué está haciendo Melara acá y ella le explica.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finalmente, después de dos días de búsqueda, un hombre sale de una de las casas. Es el padre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859462\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11859462\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-10-1-800x450.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-10-1-800x450.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-10-1-1020x574.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-10-1-160x90.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-10-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melara enfrenta niebla y lluvia intensa a lo largo de su viaje, lo que hace aún más peligroso conducir por las carreteras que ya están dañadas. \u003ccite>(Cortesía de Dora Melara)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>Lo que se pierde, se encuentra\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Al principio, el padre está sorprendido al ver a Melara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No se imaginaba que lo estábamos buscando”, dijo ella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Luego de oír la razón de Melara, el hombre se relaja y la invita a que se siente. Ella le pregunta si sabe dónde está su hijo y si ha podido contactarlo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Tiene una idea de dónde está su hijo pero no ha entrado en contacto con él”, dijo Melara.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Señala que esto no es algo fuera de lo común. Los padres quizás no tienen acceso a un teléfono o quizás tienen que caminar por largas distancias para poder conectarse a una señal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melara y el padre terminan hablando por más de una hora. Ella escucha su historia, hablan sobre su hijo e intercambian información. Ella espera que se mantengan en contacto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unos días después, Melara reflexiona sobre lo que le han dicho algunos padres sobre cómo se sienten de haber sido separados de sus hijos al intentar entrar a Estados Unidos. Dice que algunos sienten vergüenza. Otros no quieren regresar a casa ya que tendrían que enfrentar a sus familias y explicarles que perdieron a sus hijos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hay padres que me han dicho, ‘Sentí el deseo de morir. Sentí el deseo de no querer regresar a mi tierra. Sentía vergüenza al ver a mi esposa y saber que llevé a mi hijo y regresé sin él. ¿Qué diría mi esposa?'”, ella explicó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aunque sabe que no puede cambiar algo inmediatamente, Melara afirma que estas reuniones con los padres, donde escucha todo lo que tienen que decir, pueden tener un gran impacto. Ella dice que cuando los padres se dan cuenta de que alguien más quiere lo mejor para su familia y reconoce por todo lo que han pasado, les da un poco de esperanza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ya no se sienten tan solos”, dijo ella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11858657\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11858657\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-8-800x599.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-8-800x599.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-8-1020x763.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-8-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-8-1044x783.jpeg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-8-632x474.jpeg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-8-536x402.jpeg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Photo-8.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">La iglesia que se encuentra en una de las áreas que Dora Melada busca por el padre (Cortesía de Dora Melara) \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Dora Melara)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>‘Me necesita con él’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Un padre le dijo a los abogados de \u003cem>Justice in Motion \u003c/em>que cuando lo encontraron lo tomó por sorpresa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Este hombre, a quien se mantendrá anónimo por su seguridad, huyó a los Estados Unidos en abril del 2018, buscando asilo junto con su hijo de 5 años. Pandillas en el área habían asesinado a una persona cercana a él y lo estaban buscando.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Huí] por miedo”, dijo por medio del intérprete. “Tenía mucho miedo porque ellos mataron a mi primo, él era como mi hermano y amigo. Así que no quería que eso nos pasara a nosotros”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Cuando él cruzó para los Estados Unidos, agentes fronterizos los llevaron a él y a su hijo a la hielera, una habitación fría donde muchas veces las personas que buscan asilo son detenidas. Él dijo que los agentes fronterizos le dijeron que los llevaría a la corte y que lo más seguro es que fuera a ser deportado, pero su hijo se quedaría con ellos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Le pregunté ‘Por favor, depórteme con mi hijo’. El agente dijo, ‘No, tu hijo se quedará en este país y tu vas a ser deportado’,” dijo él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El gente le dijo a él que su hijo sería enviado con su hermana, donde ellos planeaban quedarse, pero él no podría acompañarlos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su hijo fue separado de él mientras estaban en la corte. El padre dice que nunca tuvo la oportunidad de decirle adiós. Fuero 20 días después que se enteró donde estaba su hijo, y no fue hasta que fue deportado a Centroamérica que pudo ponerse en contacto con él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahora, su hijo tiene 7 años. Él dijo que cuando hablan por teléfono, su hijo seguido le pregunta por qué él no está con él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>‘Me extraña mucho”, dijo él. “Cuando habla conmigo siempre me está preguntado cuándo voy a ir con él y me ha dicho que son un mal padre porque lo abandoné en EEUU”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y en ocasiones, el padre piensa lo mismo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A pesar que el gobierno estadounidense es responsable por la manera en que fueron separados, y que él hizo todo lo posible para prevenirlo, él todavía siente que fue su culpa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Para ser honestos, sentí y a veces todavía siento que fallé como padre”, dijo él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Él intentó de acostumbrarse a su nueva vida con el dolor de su pérdida.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fue entonces, hace poco más de un año, que un abogado le llamó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No estaba esperando nada. De verdad no sabía qué estaba pasando”, dijo él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El abogado le explicó con quién estaban trabajando y sus opciones posibles. Ellos le ayudaron a ponerse en contacto con Justice in Motion y Melara, quien ha estado trabajando en su caso.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fue muy emocionante conocerla porque, de verdad, son pocas las personas que están ayudando. Estoy muy agradecido por ella”, dijo él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fue por esto que él se pudo contactar con \u003ca href=\"https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/jobs/item.9742-Staff_Attorney_Al_Otro_Lado#:~:text=Al%20Otro%20Lado%20is%20a,violate%20the%20rights%20of%20migrants.&text=Current%20litigation%20includes%20Al%20Otro%20Lado%20v.\">Al Otro Lado\u003c/a>, una organización de abogacía binacional en California, que actualmente está ayudándole a obtener asilo. Mientras espera, él se está escondiendo en Centroamérica.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El pasado martes, Biden firmó una orden ejecutiva creando un equipo que se encargue de resolver algunos de los problemas causados por la separación de familias.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero defensores dicen que la orden \u003ca href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-effort-reunite-migrant-families-separated-under-trump-not-enough-n1256495\">no es suficiente\u003c/a>. La orden se enfoca principalmente en reunir a familias que aún están separadas. Pero no específica qué se hará para ayudar a los padres que fueron obligados a escoger ser deportados con sus hijos en lugar de ser separados, o a aquellos que encontraron la manera de reunirse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Este equipo debe de ser expandido para ayudar a todas las familias afectadas, incluidas aquellas que sus hijos regresaron a su país de origen”, dijo Cathleen Carob, fundadora y directora ejecutiva de \u003cem>Justice in Motion\u003c/em>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.justiceinmotion.org/pressstatement-2-2-21\">en una declaración\u003c/a>. “Ellos han sido afectados de manera inimaginable e incluso después de ser reunificados, el trauma y miedo se queda. 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"content": "\u003cp>For six years, Armin Deroee has been trying to bring his elderly father to live with him in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Deroee’s 82-year-old dad is in Iran, and the Trump administration's travel ban created an obstacle the family struggled to surmount, despite hiring lawyers, applying for a waiver and persistently writing to U.S. officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Too much time, too much emotion ... and we do not have our dad here yet,” said Deroee, 42, a naturalized U.S. citizen who is an anesthesiologist living in the Central Valley city of Visalia. “It’s been a rough six years for us.”[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Armin Deroee\"]'When I look back at what we’ve been through, I don’t think it’s imaginable for whoever has not been through that process.'[/pullquote]Now that President Biden has revoked the travel restrictions for people from 13 Muslim-majority and African nations, Deroee and others feel hopeful they’ll finally be able to reunite with relatives from those countries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/proclamation-ending-discriminatory-bans-on-entry-to-the-united-states/\">proclamation\u003c/a>, signed on his first day in office, labeled the ban discriminatory and detrimental to national security. But it represents just the start of a long process to fully reverse the restrictions, according to advocates who fought the Trump-era policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The rescission of the ban is an important first step, but it does not actually fix the situation for people,” said Aarti Kohli, executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice — Asian Law Caucus in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will be watching carefully, working with the administration to make sure that all these people who've been separated from their partners, from their children ... can be reunited with family and in a timely manner,” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden has ordered the U.S. State Department to resume processing pending visas for people from the countries targeted by the travel ban: Iran, Eritrea, Libya, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Yemen and North Korea, as well as certain government officials from Venezuela.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, a State Department spokesperson said the agency will provide guidance to embassies and consulates on how to prioritize processing those pending applications. But the official added that delays may continue for several months as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The pandemic continues to severely impact the number of visas our embassies and consulates abroad are able to process,” the spokesperson said. “We do not expect to be able to safely return to pre-pandemic workload levels until mid-2021 at the earliest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under Biden’s order, the State Department must draft a plan within a month for reconsidering visa requests that were denied under the travel ban, and decide whether those applicants should pay additional fees to reopen their cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11859388\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 405px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47187_59a85ff6-5b89-48e5-bfe5-51dc4d976fbb-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11859388 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47187_59a85ff6-5b89-48e5-bfe5-51dc4d976fbb-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47187_59a85ff6-5b89-48e5-bfe5-51dc4d976fbb-qut.jpg 405w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47187_59a85ff6-5b89-48e5-bfe5-51dc4d976fbb-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/RS47187_59a85ff6-5b89-48e5-bfe5-51dc4d976fbb-qut-354x472.jpg 354w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohammed Albarak, 26, with his daughter, Amira, on her first birthday on June 20, 2020 in Ibb, Yemen. Albarak, an American citizen who lives in the Bay Area, has asked the U.S. government to allow his Yemeni wife and their daughter to move here. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Mohammed Albarak)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The State Department denied more than \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11847545/huge-relief-california-immigrants-counting-on-biden-to-end-travel-ban\">41,000 visa requests\u003c/a> due to Trump’s travel restrictions, most of them from Iran. But civil rights groups and immigrant advocates say many more people were impacted by the policy, including those who were discouraged from applying.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Trump's Ban\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Shortly after taking office in January 2017, Trump suspended the entry of nationals from \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/30/512438879/7-targeted-countries-react-to-trumps-ban-on-immigration\">seven Muslim-majority nations\u003c/a> and indefinitely banned refugees from Syria, arguing the measure was necessary to protect the U.S. from terrorist threats.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order sparked large protests at airports throughout the country and was challenged in the courts, forcing the administration to twice amend the language.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the U.S. Supreme Court allowed its implementation, the ban went into full effect in December 2017. Last year, Trump expanded the restrictions to include some citizens from six mostly African countries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mohammed Albarak, a Yemeni American man who works at his father’s corner store in San Francisco, is another U.S. citizen whose family was affected by the ban. Albarak said he didn’t even bother applying to bring over his wife from Yemen until recently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Since the travel ban was there, I knew I would have to spend so much time on getting nowhere,” said Albarak, 26, referring to the difficulty of obtaining a waiver, something reserved for people who could prove they suffered “undue hardship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Albarak returned to Yemen in 2018 for his wedding. Last September, he came back to the U.S. to apply for his wife’s visa — and to vote for Biden, in hopes he would end the travel ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Albarak said he believes his family now has a better chance of reuniting in the U.S, though he expects the application to take more than seven months. In the meantime, his wife and 1-year-old daughter are stuck in a country engulfed in war.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can't imagine, like in three or four years when my daughter grows up, how would she even function psychologically and intellectually?” said Albarak, a graduate of UC Davis. “There's no schooling ... the situation is so desperate, you can always hear gunshots nearby.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>‘What’s Going to Happen Next?’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Deroee, the anesthesiologist, fears for the well-being of his father, an ear, nose and throat doctor. The years-long struggle to get his dad a visa has taken a toll, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can definitely see some depression, anxiety and the feel of hopelessness in my father,” Deroee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"immigration\"]Deroee recently flew to Turkey to accompany his dad to a medical exam at the U.S. Embassy. The exam is a required part of the visa application, but it couldn’t be done in Tehran, since the U.S. has no embassy in Iran.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He hopes this is the last step his father must complete for an application that began in 2015, when Deroee’s sister requested visas for both of their parents. U.S. officials granted his mother's visa the following year, but required his father to undergo additional screening. Before that was completed, Trump imposed the travel ban.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, the family won a waiver to the ban, but then faced another barrier: a Trump proclamation that suspended certain visas to protect American jobs during the pandemic. Though that is still in effect, Deroee’s family succeeded in circumventing it after they joined a successful lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I look back at what we’ve been through, I don’t think it’s imaginable for whoever has not been through that process,” said Deroee. “All of us have been in this sense of suspense, of, ‘What’s going to happen next?’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deroee said his father, who was 77 when the visa process started, has gone through several rounds of background checks, each of which can take months to complete. He hopes Biden’s administration makes that vetting process less onerous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden’s proclamation revoking the travel ban also orders the State and Homeland Security departments to recommend ways to improve the screening of people who seek entry into the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand it’s a necessary process, but it needs to be more efficient,” Deroee said. “The time and energy of these staff in government can be used in better ways, and they are being paid from our tax money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11856995/they-didnt-listen-to-us-ice-detainee-who-waged-hunger-strikes-for-covid-19-protections-gets-virus\">\u003cem>Read in English\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A principios de enero, Juan José Erazo Herrera comenzó a toser sangre y se le hizo muy difícil respirar. El migrante con 20 años de edad llegó a territorio estadounidense buscando asilo pero ahora se encontraba en la custodia de las autoridades migratorias en una cárcel al norte de Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El pasado 7 de enero dio positivo a una prueba de COVID-19, unos días después de que comenzara a experimentar síntomas.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Juan José Erazo Herrera, Inmigrante detenido por ICE en la cárcel del Condado de Yuba \"]‘No es nuestra culpa que nos enfermemos cuando no podemos protegernos.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El resultado positivo se sintió como un aguijón para Erazo Herrera. Varias veces le exigió a los oficiales del Servicio de control de inmigración y aduanas (o ICE por sus siglas en inglés) y los de la cárcel del Condado de Yuba que hicieran más para prevenir un brote de coronavirus en la prisión. El año pasado, realizó una \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835611/ice-detainees-at-yuba-jail-press-for-covid-19-protections\">huelga de hambre\u003c/a> en rechazo de lo que él consideraba condiciones inseguras.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No nos escucharon”, dijo Erazo Herrera. “Y en verdad no es justo. No es nuestra culpa que nos enfermemos cuando no podemos protegernos”, agregó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El coronavirus se ha propagado rápidamente dentro de la cárcel del Condado de Yuba y alrededor de la mitad de todos los reclusos han sido contagiados. Desde el mes pasado, más de 120 reos del condado y 9 de ICE han dado positivo en pruebas de COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erazo Herrera cuenta cómo los guardias lo aislaron en una pequeña celda de concreto sin ventanas por 12 días. Cuando llegó a la celda, se acuerda de cómo el espacio estaba en pésimas condiciones, el inodoro estaba muy sucio, moho cubría las paredes y la cama estaba llena de los pelos de otras personas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No voy a mentirte, cuando vi la celda por primera vez, empecé a llorar”, dijo Erazo Herrera, quien proviene de El Salvador. “Intenté quejarme. Me dio tanta tristeza ver qué tan sucio estaba todo”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los guardias le dijeron que esta era la única celda disponible para hacer cuarentena. Menciona que les pidió productos de limpieza y terminó por limpiar todo a pesar de que tenía un intenso dolor de cabeza y le faltaba el aire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lo largo de la pandemia, un juez federal en San Francisco ha monitoreado las condiciones en la cárcel, la cual está localizada en la ciudad de Marysville. El pasado 23 de diciembre fue cuando el magistrado ordenó a ICE que tomará acción para proteger a los detenidos, incluyendo que la dependencia realizará pruebas de COVID-19 al menos una vez a la semana y que se asegurará que las celdas estén limpias y desinfectadas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vince Chhabria, juez federal de distrito, se involucró luego de que un grupo de inmigrantes detenidos en la cárcel del Condado de Yuba \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11832472/people-are-terrified-sf-judge-orders-covid-19-testing-at-ice-facility\">presentó una demanda en contra de ICE\u003c/a> para que esta agencia comenzará a liberar a inmigrantes bajo su custodia con el propósito de reducir el número de detenidos y por ende facilitar el distanciamiento social.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero la orden de limpiar las celdas no está siendo cumplida en la cárcel del Condado de Yuba, afirma Kelly Wells, una abogada del equipo migratorio de la Oficina del defensor público de San Francisco, y la representante de Erazo Herrera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hemos escuchado varias veces de cada uno de los detenidos que cada vez que los mueven de celda, les toca celdas muy sucias que no han sido limpiadas, mucho menos desinfectadas”, dijo Wells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11858612\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11858612\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Yuba-County-Jail-Cells.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Yuba-County-Jail-Cells.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Yuba-County-Jail-Cells-160x115.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Los reclusos de la cárcel del Condado de Yuba, entre ellos se incluye los detenidos de la agencia migratoria ICE, pueden ser puestos en confinamiento solitario por varios días en ‘celdas de seguridad’, las cuales no tienen ventanas. \u003ccite>(Cortesía de Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Una vocera de la Oficina del alguacil del Condado de Yuba, que supervisa la cárcel, remitió todas las preguntas a ICE. Por su parte, la agencia migratoria se rehusó a proveer una respuesta sobre las condiciones de la cuarentena de Erazo Herrera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“El Servicio de control de inmigración y aduanas no puede dar un comentario a causa del litigio pendiente”, expresó Jonathan Moor, vocero de ICE, a través de un comunicado. “Sin embargo, la falta de un comentario no significa que la agencia esté de acuerdo con cualquiera de las acusaciones y tampoco está notando una estipulación”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Casi 9 mil personas han dado positivo por COVID-19 en custodia de ICE, según \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/coronavirus#detStat\">cifras proveídas por la misma dependencia\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los centros de detención de ICE deben asegurarse que el aislamiento médico sea “distinto de manera operacional” de cualquier otro tipo de alojamiento disciplinario, según las \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/doclib/coronavirus/eroCOVID19responseReqsCleanFacilities.pdf\">pautas de gestión de emergencias\u003c/a> de la agencia. Por ejemplo, estos planteles deben de proveer a los detenidos acceso a la televisión, libros y otros tipos de recreación cuanto más se pueda mientras estos cumplen con su cuarentena.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, ya varios inmigrantes detenidos por ICE, incluyendo algunos que se encuentran como reclusos en prisiones privadas y cárceles al nivel del condado, reportan que la agencia migratoria está usando el confinamiento solitario como una manera para \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11841120/ice-misusing-solitary-confinement-for-covid-19-quarantine-detainees-say\">realizar las cuarentenas del COVID-19\u003c/a>. Erazo Herrera dijo que su cuarentena de 12 días se sintió como un castigo y que su salud mental empeoró.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Historias Relacionadas' tag='kqed-en-espanol']Tuvo que permanecer en su celda 22 horas cada día, completamente solo. Por varios días, no había nada que hacer para poder pasar el tiempo, hasta que la cárcel permitió que recibiera los libros que sus amigos le mandaban desde afuera de la prisión.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Esa celda no es para un ser humano, está hecha para mantener a un animal salvaje encerrado. No hay televisión, no hay nada”, contó Erazo Herrera. “Empiezas a sentirte tan deprimido que hasta consideras suicidarte. Te preguntas qué has hecho para merecer este trato que recibes”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El muchacho finalmente fue liberado del aislamiento médico la semana pasada y dice que ya no siente los síntomas severos del COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Desde abril del año pasado, la población de los reclusos de ICE en la cárcel del condado de Yuba ha disminuido de 144 personas a 16. El juez Chhabria ordenó que la agencia liberara a más de 50 inmigrantes del penal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunos fueron transferidos a otras prisiones, otros fueron deportados o liberados de la custodia de ICE. Las autoridades migratorias pueden liberar a un individuo luego de identificar los riesgos que podrían representar contra la seguridad pública o de posiblemente fugarse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La abogada Wells afirma que las condiciones dentro del penal del Condado de Yuba son tan miserables que algunos inmigrantes detenidos se han rendido y han aceptado ser deportados, luego de tan sólo un mes de estar en custodia. Pero Erazo Herrera ha aguantado tres años en esa cárcel mientras espera que las cortes decidan el futuro de su solicitud de asilo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Juan José no ha aceptado ser deportado porque él se encuentra en una situación bastante crítica”, dijo Wells. “Aparte del abuso que sufrió en las manos de su madre, también fue golpeado varias veces por pandilleros y fue amenazado de muerte”, explicó la abogada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A los 16 años, Erazo Herrera huyó de El Salvador y cruzó solo la frontera sur de Estados Unidos. Los funcionarios de la Oficina de reasentamiento de refugiados (ORR), la dependencia encargada con el cuidado de los jóvenes migrantes no acompañados, se hicieron cargo de él y luego lo mandaron a Nueva York para que viviera con su hermano mayor, informa Wells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>En Nueva York, Erazo Herrera se vio involucrado en un robo y fue sentenciado a cumplir una condena en una prisión de menores. Cuando cumplió los 18 años, ICE lo arrestó y lo mandó al penal en el Condado de Yuba.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11858613\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11858613\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Herrera-Snow-800x547.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Herrera-Snow-800x547.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Herrera-Snow-1020x698.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Herrera-Snow-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/02/Herrera-Snow.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juan José Erazo Herrera juega en la nieve en Nueva York, donde vivía con su hermano y donde también se vio involucrado en un robo, el cual resultó en que ICE lo detuviera. \u003ccite>(Cortesía de Juan José Erazo Herrera)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Para Erazo Herrera, el robo fue un error y sigue sintiendo mucho remordimiento por sus acciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ya pagué por eso. No he tenido mi libertad desde que tenía 16 años”, dijo él. “Yo sólo quiero tener la oportunidad de enseñarles que soy alguien distinto, que he aprendido mucho desde que fui encerrado aquí. No soy el mismo chico que era en ese entonces”, declaró.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Un juez de la corte superior del Condado de Yuba recientemente concedió a Erazo Herrera un estatus especial de joven inmigrante, el cual está reservado para inmigrantes indocumentados con menos de 21 años que fueron abusados por un padre y que regresar a su país natal podría perjudicarlos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Este estatus no es suficiente para que sea liberado de la custodia de ICE, señala Wells, pero podría abrir el camino a que aplique para la residencia. 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So they don’t have any reason to believe the U.S. government is going to do anything to help them.’[/pullquote]The task force will issue a report on its progress in 120 days, and every 60 days thereafter, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But advocates said urgent action is needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we need now is an immediate commitment to specific remedies, including reunification in the U.S., permanent legal status, and restitution for all of the 5,500-plus families separated by the Trump administration,” said the ACLU’s Lee Gelernt, who fought the issue in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anything short of that will be extremely troubling given that the U.S. government engaged in deliberate child abuse,” Gelernt said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials who previewed the executive actions to reporters said change won’t happen overnight. 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And there are visas in our law already, for example, [for] victims of crime, victims of domestic violence… Well, why not a visa for someone who has been victimized by the United States government?” Hing said. “That might add some incentives. And if you couple that with most likely much needed mental health counseling, regular health counseling, of course, they all need that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='family-separations']\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Restoring Asylum\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A second order Biden signed Tuesday looks at how to address the surge of migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. in recent years and will look at how to replace the Migrant Protection Protocols program — what Trump referred to as “Remain in Mexico.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden suspended that program on his first day in office. He has vowed to help countries in Central America address the underlying causes of migration. 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[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Hamid Yazdan Panah, advocacy director for Immigrant Defense Advocates\"]‘Not only have they not been vaccinating folks in ICE detention, but there seemingly does not appear to be a plan in place.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But until recently, California officials believed ICE was leading inoculation efforts for people in its custody, according to members of an advisory group tasked with helping public health officials distribute the vaccine equitably.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think everyone prior to this week was under the assumption that it is federal property, so it was going to be up to the federal government,” said Orville Thomas, who sits on the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Community-Vaccine-Advisory-Committee.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community Vaccine Advisory Committee\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor’s office did not return repeated requests for comment, and the California Department of Public Health referred questions to ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Suggest you reach out to ICE for information,” a CDPH spokesperson told KQED in an email. “When we have additional information to share, we will loop back with you.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigration detention centers, like other congregate settings, pose a greater risk of COVID-19 infection, with one study estimating the mean case rate among ICE detainees was about \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/11/11/covid-ice-detainee-case-rate-higher-than-general-us-study/6220333002/\">13 times\u003c/a> higher than for the U.S. population overall during the first six months of the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In California, the coronavirus has swept through nearly all of the seven immigration detention facilities, infecting hundreds of detainees and dozens of staffers. In May, a 57-year-old Salvadoran man held at the Otay Mesa Detention Center, near San Diego, became the first person to die from COVID-19 in ICE custody.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are lives that are at greater risk considering what we know happens at these facilities,” said Thomas, who directs government affairs at the California Immigrant Policy Center in Sacramento. “So if the ball was dropped, it needs to get picked up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state initially prioritized people in congregate settings, including those incarcerated, for vaccine allocation. 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The number of people held in immigration detention centers has plummeted during the pandemic to 14,200 nationwide — from 23,400 last June — in part because courts have ordered ICE to release vulnerable immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, nearly 9,000 people who were or are in ICE detention have tested positive for the virus so far, including hundreds in California, according to agency figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has argued in court recently that it has the right to protect people’s safety and health within its borders, even those who are in federal detention facilities. 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Within hours of being sworn in, Biden began issuing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11856440/bidens-day-1-immigration-reform-plan-sparks-hope-in-california\">executive orders to revoke some of those measures\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“After four years of one attack on immigrants after another, to see the immediate action taken by the Biden-Harris administration ... is a really good starting point,” said Kamal Essaheb, deputy director of the National Immigration Law Center, a nonprofit based in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., that’s a member of the coalition. “Now is the time to start turning the corner and projecting our values as a country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to allowing unauthorized immigrants who pay taxes and pass criminal background checks to become citizens in eight years or less, Biden’s bill would also:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Reduce backlogs for legal immigration by ending per-country visa caps\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Eliminate the \"\u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/laws-and-policy/other-resources/unlawful-presence-and-bars-to-admissibility\">3- and 10-year bars\u003c/a>\" that block people who've lived in the U.S. illegally from reentering to become legal residents\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Prioritize visas for foreign STEM graduates of U.S. universities\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Target border enforcement on criminal organizations\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Increase technology at the border and ports of entry\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Restore discretion to immigration judges to reduce court backlogs\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Address the roots of migration from Central America by investing in economic development and anti-corruption efforts there\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>The plan has special resonance in California, which is home to 1 in 4 of all the immigrants in the country, including roughly 2 million unauthorized immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not lost on Padilla, a Democrat who was sworn in last Wednesday to fill the Senate seat vacated by Vice President Harris. Padilla often talks about his own parents, who came to California from Mexico in the 1960s in search of opportunity, but who often faced discrimination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No state has more at stake in these reforms than the state of California, just by the numbers,” he said recently. “We’re home to more immigrants, documented and undocumented, than any state in the nation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857401\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Padilla-Zoom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11857401\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Padilla-Zoom.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Padilla-Zoom-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Padilla-Zoom-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Padilla-Zoom-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Padilla-Zoom-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">California Sen. 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He had repeatedly called on officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Yuba County Jail to do more to prevent a coronavirus outbreak at the facility, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11835611/ice-detainees-at-yuba-jail-press-for-covid-19-protections\">waging hunger strikes\u003c/a> last year to protest what he believed were unsafe conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Juan Jose Erazo Herrera, ICE detainee at Yuba County Jail\"]'It’s not our fault we get sick when we can’t protect ourselves.'[/pullquote]“They didn’t listen to us,” Erazo Herrera said in Spanish. “And it’s really unfair. It’s not our fault we get sick when we can’t protect ourselves.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The coronavirus has spread rapidly at the Yuba County Jail, infecting about half of all the people currently locked up there. More than 120 county inmates and nine ICE detainees at the facility have tested positive for COVID-19 since last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guards isolated Erazo Herrera in a small, concrete cell with no windows for 12 days, he said. When he was first placed there, he said the conditions were squalid, with a filthy toilet, moldy walls and a bed covered in dust and other people’s hair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not going to lie, when I first saw the cell, I started crying,” said Erazo Herrera, who is originally from El Salvador. “I tried to protest. It made me so sad to see how dirty it was.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guards told him the unit was the only one available for quarantine, he said. He asked for cleaning products and wiped it down himself despite having a severe headache and shortness of breath.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the pandemic, a federal judge in San Francisco has been monitoring conditions at the jail, located in Marysville, and on Dec. 23 he ordered ICE take steps to protect detainees, including testing them at least weekly for the coronavirus, and ensuring cells are cleaned and disinfected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria intervened after immigrants held at Yuba County Jail and another facility in Bakersfield \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11832472/people-are-terrified-sf-judge-orders-covid-19-testing-at-ice-facility\">sued to force ICE to release detainees\u003c/a> in an effort to reduce the detained population and allow for social distancing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the cleaning requirement at Yuba County Jail isn’t being met, said Kelly Wells, an attorney with the San Francisco Public Defender’s immigration unit, who represents Erazo Herrera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We've heard consistently from every single detainee who has been moved since the order that they have arrived to filthy cells that clearly hadn't even been cleaned, much less disinfected,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857142\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11857142\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Yuba-County-Jail-Cells.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior doors of isolation cells at Yuba County Jail\" width=\"800\" height=\"577\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Yuba-County-Jail-Cells.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Yuba-County-Jail-Cells-160x115.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">ICE detainees and other people incarcerated at Yuba County Jail can be placed in isolation in windowless 'safety cells' for days at a time. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A spokeswoman with the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office, which oversees the jail, referred questions to ICE. The immigration agency also declined to comment about the conditions of Erazo Herrera’s medical segregation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement cannot comment due to pending litigation,” said ICE spokesman Jonathan Moor in a statement. “However, a lack of comment should not be construed as an agreement with or stipulation to any allegations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly 9,000 people have tested positive for COVID-19 while in ICE detention, according to agency \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/coronavirus#detStat\">figures\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ICE detention centers must ensure that medical isolation is “operationally distinct” from any punitive form of housing, according to the agency’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/doclib/coronavirus/eroCOVID19responseReqsCleanFacilities.pdf\">pandemic response requirements\u003c/a>. For instance, facilities must provide detainees with access to TV, recreation and books to the fullest extent possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But immigrants held at various detention centers, including private prisons and county jails, have reported that ICE is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11841120/ice-misusing-solitary-confinement-for-covid-19-quarantine-detainees-say\">misusing solitary confinement\u003c/a> for COVID-19 quarantine. Erazo Herrera said the 12-day quarantine he experienced felt like a punishment, and his mental health deteriorated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='immigration']He was kept in the cell alone, 22 hours per day, he said. For days, there was nothing for him to do to pass the time. The jail eventually allowed him to have books friends outside the jail sent him, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That cell is not for a human being, it’s like for keeping a dangerous animal locked up. There’s no TV, there’s nothing,” said Erazo Herrera. “You start feeling so depressed that you think about killing yourself. You wonder what you’ve done to deserve to be treated this way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was released from medical segregation last week and said he no longer feels severe COVID-19 symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since April, the ICE detainee population at Yuba County Jail has decreased from 144 to 16 people. Judge Chhabria ordered the agency to release more than 50 immigrants from the facility. Others were transferred, deported or released by ICE, which can free individuals after assessing their public safety and flight risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney Wells said conditions are so miserable that some immigrants held at Yuba County Jail have given up and agreed to be deported after just one month in detention. But Erazo Herrera has endured three years at the jail as he waits for his asylum case to be decided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Juan Jose has not agreed to deportation because he really is in a dire situation,” said Wells. “In addition to the abuse that he suffered by his mother, he was also repeatedly beaten by gang members and threatened with death.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Erazo Herrera fled El Salvador and crossed the U.S. border without a parent when he was 16. Officials with the Office of Refugee Resettlement, the agency responsible for caring for unaccompanied migrant minors, took him into custody and subsequently released him to an older brother in New York, said Wells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Erazo Herrera was involved in a robbery, for which he served time at a juvenile facility. When he turned 18, ICE detained him and sent him to the Yuba jail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11857138\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11857138\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Herrera-Snow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"821\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Herrera-Snow.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Herrera-Snow-800x547.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Herrera-Snow-1020x698.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Herrera-Snow-160x109.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juan Jose Erazo Herrera plays in the snow in New York, where he lived with his brother before his involvement in a robbery led him to be detained by ICE. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Juan Jose Erazo Herrera)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The crime wass a mistake Erazo Herrera said he frequently regrets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve paid for it. I haven’t been free since I was 16,” he said. “I just want an opportunity to show that I am different, that I’ve learned a lot while locked up here. I’m not the same kid I was then.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recently, a judge in Yuba County Superior Court granted Erazo Herrera special immigrant juvenile status, reserved for undocumented immigrants under age 21 who were abused by a parent, and for whom returning to their home country is not in their best interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The classification is not enough for ICE to release him from detention, said Wells, but it opens the door for him to apply for a green card. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11856263/immigration-officials-at-sfo-separate-haitian-brothers-send-9-year-old-to-migrant-shelter\">\u003cem>Read in English\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las autoridades migratorias en el aeropuerto internacional de San Francisco (mejor conocido como SFO) separaron a un niño haitano de 9 años de su hermano, un estudiante universitario del este de la Bahía, y luego mandaron al pequeño a un albergue para jóvenes migrantes no acompañados ubicado en el sur de California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La separación ocurrió durante las últimas horas del gobierno de Donald Trump, el cual ha sido duramente criticado por \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/family-separation/\">separar a miles de familias migrantes\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ambos hermanos viajaban con visas válidas otorgadas por Estados Unidos. Christian Laporte de 19 años regresaba al país para asistir a sus clases en la universidad Diablo Valley en Pleasant Hill, luego de pasar las vacaciones en Haití, afirma Milli Atkinson, la abogada de los hermanos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkinson agrega que el hermano menor, Vladímir Fardin, acompañaba a Laporte para visitarlo y contaba con una visa de turista.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cuando llegaron a SFO la tarde del domingo pasado de un viaje originario de México, oficiales migratorios le negaron la entrada al país a los hermanos a causa de problemas con sus visas, esto según un vocero de la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (o CBP por sus siglas en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkinson dice que los hermanos fueron detenidos en el aeropuerto por un período de 24 horas. Los oficiales de inmigración tomaron sus visas y no permitieron que ningún hermano contactara a Atkinson ni a sus familiares.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Milli Atkinson, directora legal de 'Immigrant Legal Defense Collaborative' en San Francisco\"]‘En cada momento del proceso, ellos [los funcionarios] tenían mucha discreción y en cada momento usaron esa discreción para separar a estos niños e impedir que el niño de 9 años regresara con su familia de una manera segura.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkinson, quien es la directora legal del grupo pro inmigrante ‘Immigrant Legal Defense Collaborative’ del Colegio de Abogados de San Francisco, calificó la falta de comunicación durante una situación que involucra a un menor como “un aspecto aterrador de nuestro sistema migratorio”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La noche del lunes, las autoridades llevaron a Fardin a un albergue, dijo Atkinson. Ella sostiene que en ese momento no fue informada a dónde lo llevaban. Después de llegar a un plantel en San Diego operado por la Oficina de reasentamiento de refugiados (o ORR por sus siglas), el joven finalmente pudo llamar a su madre, dijo Atkinson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clasificar a Fardin como un menor no acompañado fue algo innecesario y podría resultar en una separación larga y dolorosa, agrega la abogada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Este sistema fue diseñado para proteger a los niños de las redes del tráfico de personas. Sin embargo, era claro desde el momento que él llegó que esta situación no era un caso de tráfico de personas”, dijo Atkinson. “Es un largo proceso burocrático y posiblemente podría tardar meses hasta que él vea a su familia de nuevo”, señaló.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La mañana del día siguiente, se le ordenó a Laporte que tomara un vuelo a la República Dominicana con escala en México. Sin embargo, Laporte no es dominicano, aclara Atkinson. La abogada también afirma que los funcionarios migratorios se rehusaron a darle el número de vuelo, pero la madre del joven logró viajar de Haití al aeropuerto domincano para encontrar a su hijo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Su madre está devastada”, dijo Atkinson. “Se le partió el corazón por lo que le sucedió a Christian…y está muy angustiada, con mucha razón, por la seguridad y bienestar de Vladímir”.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Luego de la detención de un niño, el miedo\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Linsay Etienne, una amiga de la familia que vive en Oakley en el Condado de Contra Costa, dijo que durante el semestre pasado, Laporte vivió con ella y asistió a la universidad. Ella también se estaba preparando para recibir a Fardin. Etienne describe como muy profunda la relación entre los dos hermanos y teme que la separación forzada podría ser devastador para los dos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sabemos que al ser detenidos, las condiciones para los niños no son las mejores, no son buenas”, dijo Etienne. “Hay niños que han perdido la vida. Salen marcados de por vida. Son traumatizados. Muchas cosas horribles pasan con los niños cuando son detenidos…y no creemos que las cosas sean distintas para Vladímir”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11856365\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11856365\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Haitian-Brothers-Christmas-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Haitian-Brothers-Christmas-1.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/01/Haitian-Brothers-Christmas-1-160x230.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian Laporte, de 19 años, y su hermano Vladímir Fardin, de 9 años. Luego de separar a los hermanos, los agentes federales de inmigración en el aeropuerto de San Francisco, enviaron a Fardin a un albergue de jóvenes inmigrantes no acompañados. A Laporte lo mandaron a República Dominicana aunque el joven no es dominicano. \u003ccite>(Cortesía de la familia)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Etienne dijo que por varios años los hermanos han viajado entre Haití y EE.UU., siempre de manera legal. Durante los últimos dos años, Laporte estudió en un bachillerato en el noreste del país, con una visa de estudiante. Al graduarse, decidió ir a California para hacer sus estudios universitarios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Está interesado en estudiar algo con la ciencia…y siempre estamos platicando que California tiene algunos de los mejores programas para estudiar la ciencia”, explicó Etienne. “Entonces él vino aquí para estudiar”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La universidad Diablo Valley confirmó que Laporte estudió allí durante el semestre pasado y ya está matriculado para el semestre de primavera, pero aclararon que Laporte aplicó como un estudiante doméstico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Funcionarios de CBP dijeron que Laporte presentó una visa estudiantil F-1 al llegar a SFO pero insisten que él no pudo proveer “otro documento requerido de admisión” y que después acordó retirar su aplicación para ingresar al país.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Etienne y Atkinson dijeron que a lo largo del fin de semana intentaron frenéticamente entrar en contacto con la universidad para aclarar el papeleo que se requería pero no lograron a causa de que era un fin de semana feriado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Por su parte, agentes de CBP concluyeron que Fardin era “inadmisible” durante una entrevista en el aeropuerto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Se determinó que el menor de edad había asistido a una escuela primaria en California mientras contaba con una visa de turista B-1, lo que infringe las reglas de esa visa, y planeaba reanudar su educación al regresar al país, lo que también iba en contra de lo la visa permite”, expresó CBP a través de un comunicado.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El comunicado además declaró que “los oficiales de CBP actuaron de una manera profesional, que demostró integridad y de acuerdo con las leyes y regulaciones federales”.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>La discreción otorgada a los agentes migratorios\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Atkinson sostiene que los funcionarios hicieron mal en interrogar separadamente a Fardin, un menor de edad de 9 años. También dice que el pequeño nunca ha excedido el límite de tiempo de su visa y si alguna vez asistió a la escuela, fue un malentendido sobre los términos de la visa.[aside label ='Historias Relacionadas' tag='kqed-en-espanol']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agregó que los funcionarios tienen mucha flexibilidad en la manera en cómo manejan las irregularidades de visas en las puertas de entrada al país y que hubieran podido avisar a la familia sobre los términos y reglas de las visas de turistas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La abogado señala que una alternativa hubiera sido permitir a los hermanos ingresar al país de manera condicional para que Laporte tuvieraa la oportunidad de resolver la cuestión de su visa estudiantil.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“En cada momento del proceso, ellos [los funcionarios] tenían mucha discreción y en cada momento usaron esa discreción para separar a estos niños e impedir que el niño de 9 años regresara con su familia de una manera segura”, dijo Atkinson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mencionó que desde que salió a la luz la experiencia de los hermanos, otros abogados de inmigración han compartido las experiencias de inmigrantes haitianos y africanos que no han podido ingresar al país, aunque cuenten con visas estadounidenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ambos son negros y provenientes de Haití”, dijo Atkinson, aludiendo a los comentarios hechos en 2018 por el ahora expresidente Donald Trump, quien calificó a Haití, El Salvador y varias naciones africanas como “países de mierda” y declaró que sería mejor que Estados Unidos recibiera más inmigrantes de Noruega.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sabes, hay que cuestionar si lo mismo hubiera pasado si fueran dos niños de Suecia que regresaban al país para continuar con sus estudios”, dijo Atkinson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La familia pide la liberación inmediata de Fardin, dijo la abogada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Este artículo fue traducido por el periodista, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/ccabreralomeli\">Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Christian Laporte, 19, was returning to attend classes at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, after spending the Christmas holidays in Haiti with his family, according to attorney Milli Atkinson, who is representing the brothers. She said Laporte’s younger half-brother, Vladimir Fardin, was accompanying him for a visit and had a tourist visa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When they arrived at SFO Sunday afternoon from Haiti via a flight from Mexico, immigration officials refused to let the brothers enter the U.S. due to visa problems, according to a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Atkinson said the pair was held at the airport for more than 24 hours, their visas were taken away and they were not permitted to speak to her or to family members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Milli Atkinson, legal director, S. F. 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He was eventually able to speak to his mother, after arriving at a facility in San Diego run by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Designating Fardin an unaccompanied minor was unnecessary and could lead to a long and damaging separation, said Atkinson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This system is designed to protect children from trafficking. But it was clear from the moment he entered that this was not a trafficking situation,” she said. “It’s a long bureaucratic process and it could possibly be months before he can see his family again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday morning, Laporte was put on a flight to the Dominican Republic via Mexico, although he is not Dominican, said Atkinson. She added that officials would not give her the flight number, but said his mother was able to travel from Haiti to the Dominican airport to find him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Their mother is devastated,” Atkinson said. “She is heartbroken for Christian … and she is justifiably worried about Vladimir’s safety and well-being.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Fear for a Child in Detention\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Linsay Etienne, a family friend in Oakley, said Laporte had spent the fall semester attending school and living with her, and she was preparing to host Fardin as well. She said the boys have a deep bond and the forcible separation could be crushing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We know the conditions for children in detention are not the best, they are not good,” said Etienne. “Children have died. They are left scarred. They are traumatized. 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The brothers, who were traveling with U.S.-issued visas, were denied entry to the U.S. and separated by immigration officials at SFO after arriving on a flight Haiti via a flight from Mexico on Sunday. Fardin was sent to a migrant shelter by himself. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the Family)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Etienne said the brothers have traveled between Haiti and the U.S. repeatedly over the years, always legally. Laporte had spent his last two years of high school at a boarding school in New England on a student visa, then decided on California for college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s interested in doing something in the sciences … and we’re always saying that California has some of the best science programs,” she said. “So he came here for school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diablo Valley College confirmed that Laporte was a student last fall and is enrolled for this spring semester, but said he had applied as a domestic student.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CBP officials say Laporte presented an F-1 student visa at SFO, but said he was missing “other required admissibility documentation” and agreed to withdraw his application to enter the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Etienne and Atkinson say they tried frantically to contact the college to straighten out the paperwork but did not succeed, due to the long holiday weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CBP officials said they found Fardin was found “inadmissible” during an interview at the airport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was determined the minor had previously been attending elementary school in California on a B-1 tourist visa, violating the terms of that visa, and was intending to resume his schooling, again in violation of his visa,” according to the CBP statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement went on: “CBP officers acted with professionalism, integrity and in accordance with federal laws and regulations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Using Discretion to Separate a Family\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Atkinson said it was wrong for officials to separately interrogate a 9-year-old child. She said Fardin had never overstayed a visa and if he had attended school at some point, it was an honest misunderstanding of the terms of the visa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='family-separation']She added that immigration officials have a lot of leeway in how they handle visa irregularities at ports of entry, and could have warned the family about tourist visa rules and allowed the brothers into the country conditionally while Laporte sorted out his student visa paperwork.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every step of the way they had a great deal of discretion and in every instance they used that discretion to separate these children and prevent the 9-year-old from returning to his family in a safe way,” said Atkinson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She added that since the brothers’ experience came to light, other immigration attorneys are sharing stories of Haitian and African immigrants traveling with visas being denied entry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re both Black and they’re from Haiti,” Atkinson said, making reference to then-President Donald Trump’s widely reported 2018 remark that Haitians, Salvadorans and Africans are from “shithole countries” and that the U.S. would be better served with more immigrants from Norway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You know, we have to question whether or not this would have happened to two children from Sweden coming to return to school,” Atkinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The family is urgently seeking Fardin’s release, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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