“I know it’s a risk to go with kids, but unless you live in our situation, it's better you don’t share your opinion,' Tania Palma said. 'I am not risking my kids’ life because I want to. If I stay behind, they will kill my children.'
an international nongovernmental organization, urged the U.S. government to cease returning asylum-seekers to Mexico, where they are increasingly facing “dangerous and unlivable conditions." The report was based on interviews and court cases in the U.S. and Mexico in May., is still one of the only border crackdown efforts imposed by the Trump administration that has not been shut down by the courts.
“We get here, desperate from our country, we’re looking for protection," Palma said."We leave not because we want to. We leave because it’s a necessity."Since their return to Mexico, Palma’s family has been staying at a shelter in Juárez that Palma feels is not safe for her or her family. A scar from heart surgery on the chest of her youngest daughter, Sophia, 3, constantly reminds Palma of one of her worst fears: not getting good medical care at the shelter if something were to happen to Sophia.
Tania Palma with her 3-year-old daughter, Sophia. The two were born with the same heart condition. Palma points to a scar peaking out of Sophia's shirt. "They cut her open from her to her," she points to the bottom of the toddler's stomach. The mother worries if they stay in Juarez much longer they won't get the medical attention they need.“I ask President Trump to put his hand on his heart,” she said crying, pleading with him to end the"Remain in Mexico" policy.
Palma said that local gangs and mafias have tried to kidnap her children four times. She said she has seen cases where they have taken family members from a shelter and extorted relatives for money.
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