Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/zero-tolerance-policy/ Our Thing Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:30:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://remezcla.com/wp-content/themes/remezcla/assets/images/social/precomposed-144x144.png Remezcla https://remezcla.com/tag/zero-tolerance-policy/ 144 144 11-Year-Old Remained in Government Custody for 6 Months, Though His Mom Is a Legal Asylum Seeker https://remezcla.com/culture/karen-yadira-rodriguez-asylum-son/ Mon, 24 Sep 2018 17:17:17 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=249434 For more than six months, an 11-year-old boy from Honduras remained in government custody, despite his mother, Karen Yadira Rodríguez, being a legal asylum seeker. At the time he crossed the border into the United States with his grandmother, the US government had separated children from their parents or guardians under the Trump Administration’s “zero-tolerance”

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]]> Migrants In Caravan That Travelled Through Mexico Attempt To Be Granted Asylum At U.S. Border Members of a caravan of Central Americans who spent weeks traveling across Mexico walk from Mexico to the U.S. side of the border to ask authorities for asylum. Photo by David McNew/Getty Images After Government Separated Them for Months, This 3-Year-Old Boy Doesn’t Recognize His Mom https://remezcla.com/culture/government-separated-months-3-year-old-boy-doesnt-recognize-mom/ Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:40:48 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=247082 More than 500 immigrant families remain separated today. Earlier this year, the Trump Administration separated children from their parents at the border in an attempt to dissuade them from making the journey into the United States. Since then, a federal court ordered the government to reunite the families it separated as part of its “zero-tolerance”

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]]> Families Belong Together – Freedom For Immigrants March – Los Angeles, CA A young demonstrator participates in the Families Belong Together - Freedom For Immigrants March at Los Angeles City Hall. Photo by Sarah Morris/Getty Images 500 Immigrant Dads & Sons Go on Strike at Texas Detention Center https://remezcla.com/culture/karnes-detention-center-karnes/ Wed, 01 Aug 2018 21:38:32 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=245287 As recently arrived families languish at Karnes Detention Center in Texas, they have no idea when they’ll be released. That’s why a group of 500 dads and sons are striking, in hopes of pressuring the government to expedite their cases. Already, the men and children detained have undergone a lot of trauma. The journey into the

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]]> border wall fence The border fence between the United States and Mexico. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images Therese Patricia Okoumou Isn’t Sorry She Scaled the Statue of Liberty to Fight for Immigrant Children https://remezcla.com/culture/therese-patricia-okoumou/ Wed, 01 Aug 2018 15:11:01 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=245236 Last month, Therese Patricia Okoumou inspired many when she bravely scaled the Statue of Liberty to draw attention to the government’s policy of separating children from their parents at the border. The activist and a group of protesters from Rise and Resist New York unfurled a banner that read “ABOLISH ICE.” Soon after, Therese climbed to

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]]> Close-up of the Statue of Liberty with a blue background Photo by GBlakeley / iStock / Getty Images Plus Celebs Read Harrowing Account of Honduran Mom Separated From Son at Border https://remezcla.com/culture/my-name-is-mirian/ Wed, 11 Jul 2018 21:01:01 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=244180 The United States government tore children from their mothers and fathers at the border. The horrific policy drew the ire of many across the country – and forced the Trump Administration to reverse course – but we’re only just now scratching the surface at the far-reaching devastation left behind: Mothers are now reportedly being told

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]]> Struggling Border City Of Brownsville Straddles Two Cultures A Honduran girl, fleeing poverty and violence in her home country, waits with her mother along the border bridge after being denied into the Texas city of Brownsville. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Watch the Emotional Reunion of a Guatemalan Mom & Daughter Affected by Trump’s Family Separation Policy https://remezcla.com/culture/emotional-reunion-guatemalan-mom-daughter/ Fri, 06 Jul 2018 15:10:57 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=243989 In a nondescript room at Boston’s Logan Airport, Angélica González-García dropped to her knees when she saw her 8-year-old daughter. As the young girl fell into her mom’s arms, Angélica’s sobs are the only thing you can hear. The 31-year-old mom hadn’t seen her daughter for 55 days. After the two arrived from Guatemala to

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]]> Despite Trump Executive Order, Over 2300 Migrant Children Still Held In Cam Dozens of women and their children, many fleeing poverty and violence in Honduras, Guatamala and El Salvador, arrive at a bus station following release from Customs and Border Protection in McAllen, Texas. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Kap G Showed Support for Families Separated At the Border at an Atlanta Vigil https://remezcla.com/music/kap-g-family-separation-vigil/ Thu, 05 Jul 2018 17:05:13 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=243913 The crisis around family separation at the border continues, even after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end the policy on June 20. Almost 2,000 Central American families have been torn apart and have yet to be reunited. Activists continue to fight the crisis in as many ways as they can, and as the

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]]> 2017 BET Experience – Main Stage Performances Kap G performs onstage at the Main Stage Performances during the 2017 BET Experience at Los Angeles Convention Center on June 24, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET People Are So Inspired by Therese Patricia Okoumou, Who Scaled Statue of Liberty for Immigrant Children https://remezcla.com/lists/culture/therese-patricia-okoumou-powerful-protest/ Thu, 05 Jul 2018 15:41:49 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_guides&p=243909 Therese Patricia Okoumou is a hero. The 44-year-old activist staged a powerful protest at the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July. After a group of protesters from Rise and Resist New York unfurled a banner reading “ABOLISH ICE,” she scaled the famous monument and remained at the base for about three hours. Okoumou,

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]]> Close-up of the Statue of Liberty with a blue background Photo by GBlakeley / iStock / Getty Images Plus Trump’s Harmful Family Separation Policy Kept a Toddler From His Mom for 85 Days https://remezcla.com/features/culture/salvadoran-father-son-separated-at-the-border/ Thu, 28 Jun 2018 11:25:13 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?post_type=re_features&p=243511 On November 16, 2017, Olivia received horrifying news: Her husband and toddler, who had traveled to the United States together, had been split up at the border. Even worse, her husband’s lawyer told her, they didn’t know where her 14-month-old baby boy ended up. Their story is just one example of a crisis that has

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]]> border wall fence The border fence between the United States and Mexico. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images Trump’s Executive Order Isn’t Stopping #FamiliesBelongTogether Marches Across the Country https://remezcla.com/culture/families-belong-together-still-happening/ Tue, 26 Jun 2018 21:55:30 +0000 https://local.remezcla.com?p=243433 In an attempt to deter undocumented immigrants from entering the United States, the Trump Administration callously ripped children away from parents at the border. But after outrage and protests, Trump signed an executive order to stop the practice. While it means that children and parents – mostly Central American asylum seekers who have already been

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]]> Struggling Border City Of Brownsville Straddles Two Cultures A Honduran girl, fleeing poverty and violence in her home country, waits with her mother along the border bridge after being denied into the Texas city of Brownsville. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images