Holly Sewell said she knows that there could be difficulties ahead and that there are a lot of “what ifs' by fostering a child separated from his parents. But she said there have been many advantages for her family from Byron being a part of their life.
AUSTIN, Texas — Eleven months after the Trump administration separated him and his father, Byron Xol is with a family that had challenged a federal rule that kept him in custody despite having willing sponsors.
Holly Sewell, 41, and her two children Desmond, 6, and Winifred, 5, welcomes Byron Xol, 8, at the Austin Bergstrom International Airport after he was released from a federal shelter for immigrant children, to live with the Sewell family.Byron was separated from his father, David Xol Cholom, in May 2018 when the two came to U.S. border at McAllen, Texas from Guatemala, as part of the Trump administration’s zero tolerance immigration policy.
The Sewells had kept in touch with Byron’s parents through video chat, phone calls and apps and had their permission to foster Byron. They refused to give up and turned to a lawyer who filed a challenge on their behalf. A judge initially refused, but over the weekend the Sewells got news of Byron's release.
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