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Immigrant Parents: Zero-Tolerance Policy and Ruben Garcia

immigrant parents: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement offered no immediate comment, according to The Chronicle Herald. Ruben Garcia, director of Annunciation House in El Paso, said the group of both mothers and fathers includes some from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras who arrived to his group after federal authorities withdrew criminal charges for illegal entry. The release is believed to be the first, large one of its kind since President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that preserved a zero-tolerance policy for entering the country illegally but ended the practice of separating immigrant parents and children. He didn't release names or personal details to protect the parents' privacy, and Homeland Security officials said they needed more specifics in order to check out their cases. It called the reunification process well co-ordinated. A Saturday night fact sheet by the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies said authorities know the location of all children in custody after separating them from their families at the border and are working to reunite them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.