BREAKING: An 8 y/o boy & his twin 4 y/o sisters are facing potential separation from their mother at the #migrantpersecutionprotocols tent court in Laredo. ImmDef is in touch w/ their atty, Jorge Trevino from @TrevinoLawFirm , who represented them via video from San Antonio today.

Immigration Judge Tijerino granted their asylum-seeking mother “withholding of removal” finding that there is a 50% or higher chance she will be persecuted because of her political opinions if sent back to Venezuela. HE THEN DENIED THE CHILDREN’S APPLICATIONS.

This means that these children, 5 days before Xmas, face being sent back to Mexico alone while appeal is decided. Their dad, a US legal permanent resident, is currently racing from San Antonio to Laredo fearful that his small children could be sent back to Mexico by themselves.