After the Trump administration had separated thousands of migrant parents and children from one another, Matt Albence went before Congress in July 2018 and described conditions in detention centers as “more like a summer camp.”
A month before the summer camp comment, Albence told an HHS data analyst, who asked about where he could find data to reunite parents and kids, that ICE “may not have some of it.”
I write about the incident in “Separated: Inside an American Tragedy.”
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I write about the incident in “Separated: Inside an American Tragedy.”
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Incidentally, Albence’s summer camp comment came at the same hearing Commander Jonathan White answered truthfully when asked if family separations were harmful to children (he said yes) after having been pressured to not say so by Katie Miller.
Chad Wolf says departing ICE head Albence "helped restore integrity to this country’s immigration system."
Albence/ICE were warned if separations started, they wouldn't be able to reunite families because of antiquated IT. They nevertheless did.
Albence/ICE were warned if separations started, they wouldn't be able to reunite families because of antiquated IT. They nevertheless did.
Albence's departure first reported by @Anna_Giaritelli.
