Last Thursday, the White House was “alarmed” by the case of two immigrant girls who were dropped by a human trafficker from the top of the New Mexico state border fence.
The parents of the two Ecuadorian minors who threw human traffickers over the border wall between Mexico and the United States live in New York, the Andean State Department reported Friday.
In a statement, he insisted on describing the case of the two minors “inhumanely abandoned by human traffickers at the United States border” as “reprehensible”.
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The State Department reported that, through the Ecuadorian Consulate in Houston, it is in permanent contact with the U.S. immigration authorities to verify that the two girls are being looked after and cared for, and to learn about the procedures the authorities will pursue. adopt this case.
As a result of these efforts, it is known that the girls will soon be assigned to the United States Department of Unaccompanied Minors / Office for Refugee Resettlement to begin the family reunification process.
This process can take about six weeks for the sponsors (parents or relatives) to submit the required documentation, the official note said.
He points out that while the reunification process takes place, the girls will stay in a shelter with other minors, “where they will meet their needs and communicate with their parents on a daily basis.”
The Houston consulate held a dialogue with the minors and found that they are in good health “and they were contacting their parents, who currently live in New York City,” he said.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility is awaiting the elaboration of the case, but at the same time works with the necessary restraint and confidentiality to protect the rights of Ecuadorian migrants and in particular minors and adolescents.
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The State Department reiterated its condemnation, rejecting “this attitude of contempt for human life of those who commit crimes by trading illegally with migrants” and urging families and parents not to expose themselves or their children to the dangers of violence. migration.
Last Thursday, the White House was “alarmed” by the case of the two immigrant girls who were dropped by a human trafficker from the top of the New Mexico state border fence, and asked the undocumented migrants not to get themselves into the hands of the coyotes who “abuse” them.
At her daily press conference, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki referred to the video released by Customs and Border Protection on Wednesday, showing a man dropping two girls aged 3 and 5 from the top of the border wall. , which is 4 meters high. high (4.2 meters).