“The administration will continue to prioritize safe, orderly and humane processing of migrants,” a DHS spokesman told the outlet, which first reported the administration’s consideration of reimple…
President Biden is considering bringing back the practice of detaining migrant families who cross the border illegally in what could be a major immigration policy reversal, according to a report on Monday. in 2021 amid pressure from Democrats, and after campaigning in 2020 against the Trump administration’s use of the policy.
President Biden campaigned against Trump’s use of family detention and was urged by fellow Democrats to adopt more humane immigration policies after he took office., senior White House and Department of Homeland Security officials have held several meetings over the past few days to discuss options for deterring migrants — including detaining families caught crossing the border illegally for up to 20 days.
Venezuelan asylum seekers Luis Mascareno, 24, Yarlin Castillo, 22, and their daughters Luisyerlis Mascareno, 4, left, and Angelica Castillo, 2, wait at the Team Brownsville facility in Brownsville, Texas, ahead of the end of the “Title 42” measure on Dec. 17, 2022.“The administration will continue to prioritize safe, orderly and humane processing of migrants,” a DHS spokesman told the outlet, which first reported the administration’s consideration of reimplementing family detentions.
Venezuelan asylum seeker Jehan Carlo Ramirez carries his daughter Joannys S. Ramirez, 2, before they cross the Rio Grande into Brownsville, Texas on Dec. 22, 2022.“It is heartbreaking to hear there could be a return to the Trump-era use of this practice,” she added. The Trump administration sought to detain families indefinitely to discourage illegal immigration but attempts to end limits on how long minors could be detained were blocked by the courts.
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