Sen. Jon Ossoff questions Trump immigration actions of 'separating families'
Source: NBC News
May 30, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., said he's demanding answers about reports that the Trump administration is prioritizing separating families instead of focusing on threats to public safety when it comes to immigration enforcement.
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday, Ossoff cited the cases of two immigrant mothers who were recently deported and separated from their children.
The first woman, Heidy Sánchez, was detained during a routine immigration check-in appointment in April and deported to Cuba without her U.S.-citizen baby daughter, who has a history of seizures and was still being breastfed. Sánchez's attorney, Claudia Cañizares, told NBC Miami that the woman "had no criminal records."
Immigration authorities didn’t comment on the case. The Trump administration has said in previous comments that deported parents have been given the choice to take their children or not.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/sen-jon-ossoff-questions-trump-immigration-actions-separating-families-rcna209804
Link to Senator Ossoff LETTER (PDF) - https://www.ossoff.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Sen.-Ossoff-Letter-re-Family-Separation.pdf
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