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12,212 migrant children reentered U.S. border custody alone in 2021 after being expelled

By | In the News

12,212 migrant children reentered U.S. border custody alone in 2021 after being expelled

Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News (May 20, 2022)

In FY 2021, more than 12,000 migrant children reentered the U.S. after being expelled to Mexico, typically with their parents, under the Title 42 policy, demonstrating one of the unintended consequences of the policy as migrant parents decide to “self-separate” from their children so the children can enter the U.S. as unaccompanied minors and avoid Title 42 expulsion.

Widespread infringement of the civil rights and civil liberties of Unaccompanied Noncitizen Children held in the custody of CBP

By | Child Maltreatment, Detention, Federal Policy, Law & Policy, Legal/Law, Unaccompanied Minors

Widespread infringement of the civil rights and civil liberties of Unaccompanied Noncitizen Children held in the custody of CBP

Kids in Need of Defense (April 7, 2022)

This complaint filed by KIND details civil rights and civil liberties infringements experienced by unaccompanied noncitizen children in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CPB) in 2021.

Press Release: Government Accountability Project Raises ongoing concerns about treatment of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children at HHS Emergency Intake Sites

By | In the News

Press Release: Government Accountability Project raises ongoing concerns about treatment of unaccompanied immigrant children at HHS Emergency Intake Sites

Andrew Harman, Government Accountability Project (April 5, 2022)

Concerns remain that the Department of Health and Human Services still has not sufficiently addressed the negligent conditions at emergency intake sites for unaccompanied migrant children after several whistleblower disclosures were made last year.

Settlement Limits ICE’s Power to Stop Vehicles and Make Arrests

By | Detention, Federal Policy, ICE, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Legal/Law

Settlement Limits ICE’s Power to Stop Vehicles and Make Arrests

Aimee Mayer-Salins, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (March 28, 2022)

This settlement agreement states that ICE must stop unlawful arrests through vehicle stops and other enforcement tactics in the states of Indiana, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Wisconsin and Kansas.

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