ICE quietly stopped holding migrant children in border hotels on Sept. 11.
But CBP says unaccompanied minors and families with children can still be expelled from the US, without an opportunity to seek asylum, under COVID restrictions. @CBSNews. 1/
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On Sept. 4, a federal judge ordered ICE to stop detaining migrant children in hotels, barring 72-hour stays.
That order, however, is not in effect due to a stay the 9th Circuit keeps extending.
DHS seemed to be complying with an order is not bound to (not yet at least). 2/
The number of unaccompanied children transferred to the US refugee agency—a requirement under anti-trafficking law—has increased in the past weeks.
Between April and July, the refugee agency received 330 children, even as CBP recorded 5,900 + arrests of unaccompanied minors. 3/
The US refugee agency received 423 migrant children from DHS in August, and 568 during the first three weeks of September.
It is now housing approximately 1,300 unaccompanied children, an increase from a more than a decade low of 800 in July. 4/
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While hotel detention has ceased for the time being and more unaccompanied minors are being transferred to shelters, migrant children continue to be eligible for summary expulsions.
8,800 unaccompanied children had been expelled as of early Sept. 5/
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Just yesterday, @taylorklevy helped halt the expulsions of two unaccompanied teens.
"Just because DHS has stopped using hotels does not mean that children are not being expeditiously expelled without any due process, without any chance to seek asylum." 6/
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The Trump admin. has signaled it intends to continue this mass border expulsions policy indefinitely and published a rule that would allow it do so.
The Biden campaign has yet to say whether Biden would continue, alter or scrap this policy. More ⬇️ end/
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