Separated mom was told to forget about her son because he would be put up for adoption, lawsuit says

An asylum-seeking parent who has filed a lawsuit against the federal government after being separated from her son under the previous administration’s zero-tolerance policy said they were never even given a chance to hug goodbye. Instead, M.S.E., as she is known in court documents, said her son, identified only as J.M., could only wave as officers ripped him and other children from their parents for legally seeking asylum.

“M.S.E. repeatedly asked the officers about J.M., but they never explained what happened to J.M,” the complaint states. “Instead, the officers said M.S.E. and the other parents would be deported, and their children would be put up for adoption. They told M.S.E. to forget about her son.”

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