Telemundo has issued a statement regarding the separation of migrant families seeking asylum in the United States. NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises is a division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
“Telemundo is appalled at the current situation at the U.S. border and urges our Government to prevent the authorities from separating families. The current family separation policy is an affront to human decency and contrary to principles and values upon which this country was founded. The Government has the power to rescind this policy and it should do so immediately,” the statement said.
Experts with knowledge of migrant families at the southern border told news outlets that reunification is difficult when a parent is deported without the child and that, in those cases “there is a very high risk that parents and children will be permanently separated.”
In April, NBC said that a group of more than 1,000 migrants were on a month-long trek — on foot, in vans and by train — from Central America through Mexico toward the United States. According to reports, some seek refuge in Mexico, others in the United States.
The majority are from Honduras, according to a New York-based internet media company which had a reporter with the migrants.
Members of Pueblo Sin Fronteras have been reaching out to migrants and refugees on the move for more than 15 years.
“We are a collective of friends who decided to be in permanent solidarity with displaced peoples.We accompany migrants and refugees in their journey of hope, and together demand our human rights,” the group states on its website.
Telemundo features Spanish-language news and sports content reaching 94% of U.S. Hispanic TV households in 210 markets through 27 local stations, 51 affiliates and its national feed.
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