BORDER/CHILDREN/IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Guatemalan woman who was separated from her 7-year-old son after crossing the border from Mexico last month filed a new lawsuit on Tuesday [6-19-18] challenging the Trump administration’s practice of splitting up immigrant families even when an adult claims asylum. The suit, filed in federal court in Washington, demands the immediate release of the boy, an order prohibiting U.S. authorities from separating the pair, and a money award of damages for pain and suffering over the episode. The legal case is one of a relatively small number of court challenges to the Trump policy, which has unleashed a political firestorm in recent days. The new suit was brought on behalf of Beata Mariana de Jesus Mejia-Mejia, who says she crossed the border with her son near San Luis, Arizona, sometime around May 19. Mejia-Mejia immediately requested asylum ‘based on the severe violence and threats of death that she was experiencing in Guatemala, including violence and threats of death from her husband toward both’ Mejia-Mejia and her son, according to the legal complaint.”
-Jush Gerstein, “New lawsuit challenges Trump administration over family separation,” Politico, June 19, 2018 5:44 pm