Illegal Claims She Would Have Never Attempted To Enter U.S. After Her Kid Was Taken

Consuelo and her 15-year-old son, Transito, were separated in an ICE facility for six days.

Consuelo said she was told she would be deported and her son would remain in the U.S. She and her son were attempting to flee Guatemala when they came to the U.S illegally.

MSNBC correspondent Mariana Atencio asked Conseulo that if she knew her son would be taken from her when she came to the U.S. illegally, would she still have come?

“If I would have thought he would be taken away, I wouldn’t have come,” Atencio translated for Conseulo. “But since we’re fleeing violence, a lot of violence.