This is the first time in Familias Reunidas history that we have helped free a 3 person family unit from detention! Raul, his wife Laura, and sister Ana spent one month inside the Imperial Regional Detention Center and are now all together in Los Angeles ready to start their new life in the US. Raul is 38, Laura is 41, and Ana is 48, and they are all asylum seekers from Colombia.

We continue to advocate and assist black and brown migrants who are disproportionately affected by the immigration system. We believe EVERYONE is deserving of freedom and opportunities, and with your help we can make that possible.

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The Biden administration is ending Title 42, a controversial pandemic border policy
The end of Title 42 will give people the opportunity to start a process that many of them have not been granted since the policy’s implementation two years ago, under then-President Donald Trump.

"This is definitely a moment to celebrate because Title 42 should never have been enforced in the first place. But I will say, migrants in the shelters that we support remain skeptical, as to whether people are going to actually be processed into the US to make their asylum claims," Dulce Garcia.

"So we hope that on May 23 everyone gets processed in a dignified and respectful way. And logistically speaking, that would mean someone would show up at the port of entry, ask for asylum, be allowed into the US, and have their day in court here in the US. And as they're waiting for these court hearings, stay with family, stay with loved ones in the US, as they move through the immigration process."

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'Treated like a prisoner, not a refugee of war'
There is sympathy for Ukrainian refugees but also protocols; and that's resulted in a teenager without her parents, being held at the U.S. Border Crossing at San Ysidro. Liza Krasulia, 17-years-old, is a refugee from Ukraine, traveling through Mexico to the U.S. border in hopes of asylum. Accompanied by a friend of her mother, Molly Surazhsky. They made it to the border crossing at San Ysidro, where Surazhsky, who is a United States citizen was permitted entry, but Liza was detained.

“She's terrified! She's a child!” said Surazhsky. “She's alone, separated from her family." Surazhsky says Liza called her Wednesday night from custody, very upset. "Treated like a prisoner, not a refugee of war,” she said. “That she's in a cell with no windows, with 25 other refugees."

CBS 8 spoke with Border Angels immigration attorney and Executive Director Dulce Garcia. She couldn't speak to this specific case but gave us insight. "I imagine they're going through a process of finding out who this person is, who presented at the Port of Entry with the child,” said Garcia. “To see if that person will be the guardian taking care of her here in the U. S. and if it's safe to re-unite them." She said that usually takes a few days, if not weeks.

Unfortunately, we are all too familiar with unaccompanied minors ending up in foster care or in custody of the county due to our Green Cards for Kids program. Many times children showing up to the border unaccompanied by a parent or guardian and presented by a friend or family member meet the same fate as this child.
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