US EditionBorder officials directed to give migrant teens the option of returning home voluntarily: Report
UNITED STATES, JUL 23 – The policy expands voluntary return to migrant teens aged 14-17 beyond Mexico and Canada amid a broader effort to accelerate deportations, with officials targeting up to 3,000 daily removals.
- The Trump administration is moving to rapidly deport some migrant children by asking them if they want to voluntarily depart the country, according to two Homeland Security officials and a source familiar with the discussions.
- US Customs and Border Protection personnel have been directed to ask children ages 14 to 17 about voluntary departure, according to the officials.
- The policy aligns with the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2022, a Homeland Security spokesperson stated.
- Critics argue that unaccompanied children are being used as pawns in deportation efforts, which undermine their protections, as noted by a former Homeland Security official.
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Migrant teenagers who do not have their parents in the United States will no longer be placed directly under the care of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), but will now be asked by immigration agents whether they want to voluntarily deport themselves. If they respond, they will be sent back to their countries of origin. Otherwise, they will be transferred to the Refugee Relocation Office, an HHS agency. Continue reading
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Border officials directed to give migrant teens the option of returning home voluntarily
The Trump administration instructed Customs and Border Protection officials this week to offer migrant teenagers the option of voluntarily returning to their home countries, instead of being sent to government-overseen shelters, upending longstanding U.S. immigration policy, two U.S. officials told CBS News Wednesday.For many years, U.S. immigration officials were required to transfer all unaccompanied migrant children — or those who entered the…
'Fake news': DHS flips out after CNN reports they moved to 'rapidly deport' children
A new report seemed to rattle officials at the Department of Homeland Security. DHS has moved to "rapidly deport" migrant children who come to the United States without parents or legal guardians, CNN reported, citing two DHS sources. DHS is also reportedly asking teens whether they want to be volun...
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