Three families spoke about their forced separation at the hands of U.S. immigration authorities at a prebuttal press conference hosted by Vice President Harris’s campaign in Doral, Fla., ahead of former President Trump’s Univision town hall Wednesday night.
The event featured Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) and Harris spokesman Kevin Muñoz, who panned the Trump administration’s family separation policy and introduced Billy, a 16-year-old Guatemalan who was separated from his father in 2018 and later reunited.
“After I went and ran to my dad, I hugged him and I told him I did not want this to happen ever again. And he promised me that he would not ever leave me again,” said Billy.
“And after that, we still fear. We — I go to therapists, but I still have the fear of Trump being reelected, and that same thing happening to me or other kids ever again. Kamala Harris helped us be together again, and she helped us be a family again. And I don't want this to happen to any more kids. I was separated, and a lot more kids were separated, too.”
The Harris campaign has mostly centered its immigration and border security........