Detention

He arrived back in Honduras with his eight-month-old daughter’s shoes hanging from his backpack. She was being held in a detention center in McAllen, Texas, along with her mother.

Benjamin Raymundo, a 33-yearold deported back to Guatemala, told AFP he left his home country in April with his son Roberto, aged five, but the pair were separated when immigration officers in California stopped them.

The boy was eventually placed in a relative’s custody.

Meanwhile, house Republicans leaders are considering separate legislation that would address family separations at the border, a GOP lawmaker said Monday, after struggling over the weekend to find consensus on a broader immigration plan.

The move would give Republicans the ability ahead of the midterm elections to address the issue of children alone at the border, which has sparked public outrage.

Rep. Mark Meadows, head of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, said GOP lawmakers held hour-long conference calls over the weekend to try to smooth over last-minute details ahead of a Tuesday evening vote. One hangup, he said, was whether young immigrants known as “Dreamers” would be allowed to bring their parents to the US.

When asked if the bill will pass or fail, Meadows told Fox News’ “Fox & Friends”: “I would think fail right now.”