Immigrant advocates fear Trump’s policy shifts will hurt one group most: Children
Keeping her up at night are thoughts of how the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump will treat immigrants in the U.S., specifically children.
Walker Gates, an Austin-based immigration attorney who specializes in helping migrant children apply for asylum, said she fears that between Trump’s tougher immigration policies and his party’s control of both chambers of Congress, protection for children – both migrant and U.S. citizens – could be severely rolled back.
“This is a group of individuals who are incredibly vulnerable and have no power politically,” Walker Gates said of children. “We’re concerned.”