9/30/21

By Sarah Towle

NEW

Listen here: Kidnapped by Uncle Sam! episode 6 of WITNESS RADIO.

In a month that history will remember for the US welcoming Afghan refugees fleeing political chaos, violence, and persecution while expelling Haitians fleeing all these things and more, we perhaps lost sight of the nearly 13,000 children still being held captive by the US Department of Health and Human Services.

One man for whom those young souls are always top of mind: Larry Cox. He lost his child to US Customs and Border Protection officials while attempting to bring her to safety in 2011.

That odyssey, recounted and read by Witness Radio Host & Director, Sarah Towle, reveals that the US was separating families long before 2018 -- and still is.

It also sheds light on the less-discussed side of family separation: the indelible mark of trauma left on the parents of children and youth kidnapped by Uncle Sam.

It's a cautionary tale. One that needs to be told. We thank Larry for entrusting us to tell it.