>>112261602They are in US custody when the family separation occurs (which is a zero-tolerance policy, so it gets everyone, including the genuine families).
ICE sends the parents to DHS, but the children aren't listed on the parents' documentation.
ICE sends the children to DHHS, but the parents aren't listed on the children's documentation.
DHS doesn't allow the parents to communicate with their children.
DHHS doesn't allow the children to communicate with their parents.
When the parents are released by the DHS, the DHHS won't let them communicate with their children because the parents aren't on the children's documentation.
When the children are released by the DHHS, the DHS won't let them communicate with their parents because the children aren't on the parents' documentation.
The parents are released to Location X, with no way of contacting their children and no way of finding out where Location Y is.
The children are released to Location Y, with no way of contacting their parents and no way of finding out where Location X is.
The parents cannot reunite with the children, and the children cannot reunite with the parents, and it's all thanks to United States Government policy.
Permanent family separations over a misdemeanor.
