Immigration Advocates Want to Halt Separation of Parents, Kids
By right of birth, Stephanie is a U.S. citizen, but her mother Marta is an undocumented immigrant from Colombia -- and so both mother and child live in daily fear that Marta's deportation will separate them.
That constant, anguished uncertainty is the basis of a class-action lawsuit filed in federal court on Wednesday on behalf of Escobar and dozens of other U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants. By CASEY WOODS for the Miami Herald.