-Daily Mail-
A Guatemalan asylum-seeker sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for 'forcibly' separating her from her seven-year-old son after they crossed the border in May.
Beata Mariana de Jesus Mejia-Mejia was never indicted for illegally entering the country, but officials won't tell her where her son Darwin is, according to her lawsuit filed Tuesday in Federal District Court in Washington, D.C. against 6 federal agencies and 10 senior officials.
Mejia-Mejia's lawsuit is believed to be the first to challenge the government's removal of a specific child from a parent in the course of upholding federal immigration law. It opens up a new legal front in what has become an all-out battle with the White House on one side and a combination of Democratic lawmakers and immigration activists on the other.
Through a Spanish translator in her newly adopted hometown of Austin, Texas, Mejia-Mejia told Dailymail that she's not focused on the politics.
Only the boy, whom she named Darwin after hearing the name on television.
'Right now my main focus is to get Darwin back in my arms,' she said. 'I am a mom, and mothers fight for their children. I hope my fight can help other moms avoid this horror in their lives.'
In the lawsuit, she describes a heart-wrenching scene when uniformed agents entered her holding cell and took away the boy, who screamed for his mother. Read more
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