ensure US Immigration and Customs Enforcement attempts to keep families together during deportation hearings.

This petition implores President Obama and the White House Administration to take a more aggressive stance in keeping families together during deportation hearings. While the Parental Interest Directive is a good step towards keeping US citizen children close to their undocumented parents during deportation hearings, it does not create oversight for ICE to be accountable to this mandate. This petition proposes that the Parental Interest Directive be changed in order to keep families closer together, help parents abide by family court orders, and allow for custody arrangements to be made before deportation occurs, while holding ICE accountable for these tasks. Please sign the petition if you support keeping families together during deportation hearings.