A frightened child in Chicago and an immigration policy unbecoming of America
Lee Gelernt
Lee Gelernt   deputy director of the ACLUâs Immigrantsâ Rights Project and one of the attorneys representing Ms. L and  her  daughter  said in an interview: â She  has a genuine fear   she âs not a criminal   she âs not a terrorist   she  presented  herself  at the border and said  she  needs help.â
Four days after their arrival   Gelernt  said  immigration officers in San Diego took the daughter into another room. Once the little girl was gone  Ms. L was handcuffed.
âThen she hears the daughter screaming frantically â  Gelernt  said. âThe daughter is taken away  and the mother doesnât speak to the daughter for four days. In those four days  she has no idea what has happened to her daughter.â
âChicago might as well be the moon for this family from a little village in the Congo â  Gelernt  said. âThey have no idea why theyâre separated  where each other are.â
 [TGT]    deputy director of the ACLUâs Immigrantsâ Rights Project and one of the attorneys representing Ms. L and  her  daughter  said in an interview: â She  has a genuine fear   she âs not a criminal   she âs not a terrorist   she  presented  herself  at the border and said  she  needs help.â
Four days after their arrival   Gelernt  said  immigration officers in San Diego took the daughter into another room. Once the little girl was gone  Ms. L was handcuffed.
âThen she hears the daughter screaming frantically â  Gelernt  said. âThe daughter is taken away  and the mother doesnât speak to the daughter for four days. In those four days  she has no idea what has happened to her daughter.â
âChicago might as well be the moon for this family from a little village in the Congo â  Gelernt  said. âThey have no idea why theyâre separated  where each other are.â