Overview
- A Venezuelan group of deported mothers and grandmothers sent an Aug. 18 letter to the first lady seeking help to end separations and reunite families, and Trump’s office did not immediately respond to the AP.
- Some parents were removed without their children, including María Alejandra Rubio, who says she was deported while her 8-year-old son remained in Georgia.
- Relatives report children placed in U.S. foster care with limited contact, as in the case of Syntia Cáceres, whose 4-year-old granddaughter is in Georgia after the child’s father was detained in July.
- Caracas began accepting deportees after negotiations with Washington, and Venezuelan officials report more than 10,000 returns by mid-August on government-contracted flights.
- The State Department posted on Aug. 8 that the United States will not move unaccompanied minors until their best interests are assessed, citing security concerns that have included links alleged to the Tren de Aragua in a case later resulting in reunification.