Immigrant families reunited in El Paso, Homeland Security faces complaint

Separated families have been slowly reunited for months now, but a legal complaint from the American Immigration Council alleges the Department of Homeland Security has placed parents under extreme duress and coercion.

The complaint alleges parents have been forced to sign documents they didn’t understand that affected their reunification with their children.

The American Immigration Council also says families have been reunited and separated again.
Local attorneys who spoke along with recently reunified parents have said it’s been a tough road for these parents.

“The amount of pain that is going through these parents and these children after having been flown back and forth across the country, told they were going to be reunified a month ago, not actually reunified, flown back, waiting, not knowing anything. When the children were taken to Tornillo, the parents didn’t know where the kids were,” said immigration attorney Taylor Levy.

The Associated press has reached out to Homeland Security, a spokesperson said the agency cannot comment on pending litigation, although the complaint is not a lawsuit.