Migrant Mother Loses Custody of Sons Over Murky Gang Allegations
- A family divided on the day Trump ordered halt to separations
- ICE refuses to substantiate claim Raquel is gang member
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The day President Donald Trump ordered his administration to stop separating migrant children from parents caught illegally crossing the Mexican border, a Salvadoran woman named Raquel arrived in Texas with her two sons.
She had fled her country in fear of a police officer who had harassed her for years, she said in an interview. She hoped to claim asylum in the U.S. and make a better life for herself and her children.