US EditionAn agency tasked with protecting immigrant children is becoming an enforcement arm, current and former staffers say
- Federal immigration officials have recently conducted numerous visits nationwide to locate unaccompanied immigrant children and their caregivers, actions that have frequently instilled fear of potential deportation.
- These enforcement actions follow executive orders and policy shifts under the Trump administration aiming to increase deportations during his second term, reversing Biden-era rules designed to protect children.
- The Office of Refugee Resettlement, originally tasked with safeguarding migrant children by placing them in safe homes, now faces criticism for sharing sensitive data with immigration agencies and imposing stricter sponsor vetting.
- A 37-year-old Venezuelan father in San Antonio reported repeated federal agent visits involving aggressive door demands and threats, leading to family distress and legal concerns over deportation pretexts.
- Advocates and lawmakers warn that these changes erode the agency’s humanitarian role, increase risk to vulnerable children, and reduce oversight, while lawsuits challenge the legality of recent policy reversals.
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An agency tasked with protecting immigrant children is becoming an enforcement arm, current and former staffers say
Outside their apartment in San Antonio, a Venezuelan father and his son said they were visited by federal immigration enforcement agents who claimed that they needed to check if the boy was safe.
An agency tasked with protecting immigrant children is becoming an en…
The Office of Refugee Resettlement’s welfare mission appears to be undergoing a stark transformation as President Donald Trump seeks to ramp up deportation numbers, current and former officials told The Texas Tribune and ProPublica.
An agency tasked with protecting immigrant children is becoming an enforcement arm, current and former staffers say | The Highland County Press
It started with a call. A man identifying himself as a federal immigration agent contacted a Venezuelan father in San Antonio, interrogating him about his teenage son. The agent said officials planned to visit the family’s apartment to assess the boy’s living conditions.
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