Thursday was the court-ordered deadline for border authorities to reunite families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. A Keene woman whose sister-in-law and nephew were separated says they've now been reunited, but the reunification comes without answers to key questions.
Why were they cleared for reunification while others still wait in detention centers? Why were they not deported back to Honduras? And how long can they stay?
Jessica Garcia of Keene has been advocating for her sister-in-law, Jessica Baca Garcia, and 12-year-old nephew Mario "Jafet" Cerrito Baca, since they fled Honduras and sought asylum here. She says her sister-in-law has been given a year to fight her case, but what that means is unclear.
"I don't know if the lawyers know or if the government knows. I don't know who knows, because nobody's saying anything to us, really," she said.
The mother and son are now splitting their time between Massachusetts and New Hampshire and working with lawyers to figure out a way forward.
