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The almost 2,000 migrant parents who have been separated from their children are being given an ultimatum from the Trump administration: Reunite with your kids and be deported as a family, or be deported without them, according to an immigration form obtained by NBC News' Julia Ainsley and Jacob Soboroff.
Yes, but: This form is only given to parents who have received removal orders, and does not prevent them from applying for asylum, a Department of Homeland Security official told Axios.
As it stands, if parents are being held in detention — whether or not they've applied for asylum — they cannot be reunited with their children except for deportation. If a parent has applied for asylum, and has been granted release until their hearing, they are then able to work toward being reunited with their children.
- An SPLC Attorney told CNN's Nick Valencia that many of the migrant parents "are being pressured to sign this before they’ve even seen a judge, and despite not having a final order of removal.”
- Families who have been caught crossing the border since Trump's executive order are being held in detention together, indefinitely, making them less likely to have been separated.
- This comes amid other reports that the Trump administration is planning to block anyone who crosses the border illegally from being granted asylum.