Families forced to pay thousands of dollars to reunite with immigrant kids taken from them

"The government is creating impossible barriers and penalizing poverty."

MELANIE SCHMITZ

 Families and sponsors are being forced to pay thousands of dollars to get immigrant children separated from their parents released from detention facilities.

Families and sponsors of immigrant children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border are being forced to pay thousands of dollars to get them released from government-contracted detention centers, The New York Times reported Sunday.

According to several sponsors, many of whom are close relatives of the children, the amount of red tape and financial hurdles before families presents a cruel challenge to those unable to afford the fees required to bring home their kids.

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