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Deportation Fears Spur US Migrants to Entrust Guardianship of Their Children
Amid over 605,000 deportations since January, undocumented parents in Florida grant guardianship to activists to secure care for their children if detained.
- In recent months, undocumented migrants have increasingly granted legal guardianship to trusted allies so those adults can sign school, medical, and court documents if parents are detained, with some choosing Miami activist Nora Sandigo to oversee custody while retaining parental rights.
- This month, undocumented migrants from Huehuetenango in Guatemala have increasingly granted guardianship to protect children amid rising enforcement activity, with over 2,000 children under her care.
- Sandigo's Miami-based foundation oversees custody for migrant children and has cared for many for 15 years; she is legal guardian to 137 children born outside the country and says requests have "grown spectacularly".
- Children of detained migrants show sadness and trauma as parents face detention, with many living with guardians empowered by power of attorney for months or years.
- After a family member's detention left a parent alone with their two children, Rosa, Guatemalan mother, sought guardianship while Sandigo hosted families from Huehuetenango, Guatemala who settled in Florida years ago.
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The threat of an expulsion hovered over her life. Since her husband was arrested by the American immigration police, Rosa alone raised her two children in Florida. Reiterating to be arrested and deported, this 32-year-old Guatemalan has made the choice to sign a power of attorney in order to entrust the legal custody of her children to a person of trust, an increasingly widespread approach among undocumented people in the United States."I go out…
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Deportation fears spur US migrants to entrust guardianship of their children
After her husband was detained by US immigration authorities in September, Rosa found herself alone with her two children, wondering what would happen should she suffer the same fate as him.
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