A mother of Honduras was reunited with her children after being separated at the border on 2017 under the policy of “zero tolerance” of the former president Donald Trump and a video captured the emotional moment of the meeting.
Keldy Mabel Gonzales Brebe de Zuniga was reunited with her children, Mino and Erick, while the whole family was together in Philadelphia. The video shows her the heartwarming group hug filled with tears after seeing each other for the first time in more than three years, when they were separated on the border between United States and Mexico.
Thanks to the work of our attorney @ lindacorchado , a mother was reunified with her children after being separated by the Trump administration’s pilot family separation program.
After 4 long years of being apart, this is the moment they reunited. (1 /) pic.twitter.com/eV4LKWG3pi
– Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center (@LasAmericasIAC)
May 6, 2021
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The family fled from Honduras in the fall of 2017 and spread across the continent . Her eldest son Alex and her husband had crossed into the States United.
She and her two younger children tried to do the same when they were detained at New Mexico. Gonzales Brebe She spent two years in detention by the Immigration Service and Customs Control before being deported to Honduras , the same country from which he fled due to violence.
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The family is among the first to be reunited by organizations that work with him Family Reunification Working Group of the management of Joe Biden . The family is one of the thousands of families that were separated under the “zero tolerance” policy of Trump , which aimed to deter illegal immigration.
The lawyer immigration and family Karenina Wolff helped Alex , which was already in Philadelphia , to become the legal guardian of their brothers , reported WPVI-TV.
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“Alex had only 19 years and was working when he gave a step forward to support (his brothers). For me, seeing their mom and kids reunite with their mom is really touching “. Wolff told WPVI-TV.
“Before I had a lot of headaches, a lot of stress, everything depended on me. And now I feel a little more free knowing that I’m not alone in this anymore ”, said Alex to the television station.
Alex commented that when they met after so much time, his mother hugged him and told him how proud she was of him for taking care of his siblings minor in its absence.
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