Trump is Separating Immigrant Families Again. Here’s What We Can Do About It.
In the wake of the Trump administration's renewed commitment to mass deportations in early 2025, an op-ed in Teen Vogue details the alarming return of family separations as a punitive tactic against immigrants and asylum seekers. The administration is allegedly using the threat of being torn from their children to coerce parents into agreeing to self-deportation or to punish those who legally challenge their removal orders. RAICES is at the forefront of the opposition, with Faisal Al-Juburi condemning these actions as a "tactic to punish" individuals for exercising their legal rights. As ICE agents target families in cities across the interior, RAICES continues to provide critical legal aid and advocacy, warning that the misclassification of children as "unaccompanied minors" and stringent new DHS custody rules are creating a new crisis of prolonged or permanent separations within the U.S. immigration system.
