The new immigration policy is that families who enter the United States illegally are separated. These families are not offered asylum even if they are victims. It does not matter if they are victims of domestic violence, or trying to escape a war filled country or if they lost their home due to climate change.  Mothers are taken from their children and placed into detention facilities. “In more than 200 cases, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, deported parents have made the painful decision to leave their separated sons or daughters behind in the hope that they will have a better life in America.” These parents rather be separated from their kids. The kids that they carried for nine months and birthed than have them return to their home countries. This leaves the children in mental and emotional horror. Children who thought they were coming to a better country now see the United States as nothing better than the country they left behind. 

There are more women and children refugees then there are men refugees. It is way harder for women with their kids because it takes kids loner because they can’t travel long distances. “By mid-2018, Turkey hosted over 3.5 million Syrian refugees, which around 70 percent are women and children.” Even if there are more women refugees they are at a huge disadvantage compared to women. Visas are given to science, technology, engineering and mathematics professions. This is a huge disadvantage for women who come from places where going to college is near impossible. Women who come to the United States are mothers who have been housewives, maids, cashiers or cooks. Women then have to depend on finding a male relative or husband to get into the country. Woman, on the other hand, are more involved in the labor workforce. Most immigrant women who enter the United States have to find low paid jobs and leave their kids home alone. 

The majority of the women who enter the United States are victims of sexual abuse. These women have faced huge challenges in their countries and come to America for a better life. They instead face more hardship and discrimination because they come to the United States. “According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, by the year 2013 approximately 21,500 young people from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico were displaced due to gender-based violence.” These women who deserve love and compassion are given none. 

The zero-tolerance policy that Trump passed in April 2018 needs to be changed because more than 3,000 children have been separated from their parents. A lot of attention has been given to this law recently with people recording moms being separated from their kids. People want to see this policy changed and it should be. It used to be that refugees were given asylum and treated as citizens of the United States. The refugees that enter into the United States are more often than not regular workers and mothers. They are simple folks who want to escape a bad situation. The government needs to declare this policy unconstitutional.