A group of 29 Central American parents have entered the U.S. at its border with Mexico Saturday and are now being processed by immigration officials, after the group demanded an opportunity to be reunited with their children who are in the United States. The parents, who come from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, were separated from their children last year because of the Trump administration’s family separation policy and were then deported back their home countries. The families are asking to be reunited and for their asylum claims to be reconsidered. The parents were accompanied by religious leaders and immigrant rights groups, who are providing them with legal services. This is one of the parents in the group, from Honduras.

Oscar Santiago Vindel Sevilla: “My son is at a detention center in Texas. He has been detained there in a foster home for 11 months, and they have not been able to hand him over, because my nephew, who lives in the United States, does not have his papers in order. That is why.”

Reporter: “There is a risk you will be detained in the United States. Is it worth it?”

Oscar Santiago Vindel Sevilla: “We all run the risk, but we would do anything for our children.”