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Urgent Action: Mother and Son Separated by Border Authorities (USA: UA 185.18)

February 19, 2019

In March, Valquiria and her seven-year-old son Abel* fled Brazil and requested asylum in the US after death threats from drug traffickers. US border authorities forcibly separated them and continue to detain Valquiria. The extreme anguish she and her son are experiencing may amount to torture. US immigration authorities must immediately free Valquiria while she pursues her asylum claim.

In March, Valquira and her seven-year-old son Abel* fled Brazil and requested asylum in the US after death threats from drug traffickers. US border authorities forcible separated them and continue to detain Valquiria. The extreme anguish she and her son are experiencing may amount to torture. US immigration authorities must immediately free Valquiria while she pursues her asylum claim.  1) TAKE ACTION Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:
  • Urging them to immediately grant Valquiria humanitarian parole while she awaits the decision on her asylum claim appeal, as parole should be granted for humanitarian reasons where the person does not pose a threat to public safety and presents no flight risk;
  • Calling on them to provide psychosocial support to Valquiria and her son, to help them recover from the trauma experienced from their unlawful family separation;
  • Calling on them to ensure asylum seekers are only detained when necessary and proportionate in the individual case, and to grant humanitarian parole to all asylum seekers whenever possible.

Contact below official by 27 March, 2019:

Mr. Corey A. Price Field Office Director ICE-ERO El Paso Field Office 11541 Montana Ave Suite E El Paso, TX, 79936 Email: [email protected]

Mr. Brian Van Dyke Community Relations Officer (ICE) ICE-ERO El Paso Field Office 11541 Montana Ave Suite E El Paso, TX, 79936 Email: [email protected]

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