Complaint: US officials coerced migrants to sign documents
PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. immigration authorities coerced dozens of parents separated from their children at the border to sign documents they did not understand, according to a complaint filed Thursday.
In some of the cases, parents gave away rights to be reunited with their children when the non-English speaking mothers and fathers signed documents in English they could not read, according to the complaint provided to The Associated Press before it was filed with the Department of Homeland Security.
In other cases, parents who had been reunited were threatened with another separation if they didn't agree to be deported with their children, the complaint said.