Parents Struggle To Reclaim Children After Deportation Due To Documentation Hurdles, Report Finds

A new report by the Women’s Refugee Commission and Physicians for Human Rights has found that deported parents face significant obstacles in reuniting with their children, often due to documentation requirements and procedural failures by immigration authorities.

The report concludes that, in many cases, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers did not follow existing policies designed to protect family unity, including failing to ask detained individuals whether they had children or allowing them to make arrangements before deportation.